Washington, DC – October 22, 2020 – The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) will make grants available in 2021 to Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) for aluminum can capture equipment, which will ensure used beverage cans (UBC) are accurately sorted, sold and recycled. Capturing and recycling aluminum cans provides a positive environmental and economic impact as metal recycles forever and UBCs are...

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Crown Holdings, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2020 Results

Publish Date
Monday, October 19, 2020
YARDLEY, Pa., Oct. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020. Third Quarter Highlights Earnings per share $1.59 versus $1.36 in prior year Adjusted earnings per share $1.96 versus $1.56 in prior year Increase in full year earnings and cash flow guidance Beverage can volumes up...

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Wall Street Journal: Most Sustainably Managed Companies Ranking

Crown Named as One of the World’s Most Sustainably Managed Companies

Publish Date
Friday, October 16, 2020
The Wall Street Journal recently issued its inaugural list of the 100 most sustainably managed companies in the world. Crown is one of only two companies in the containers and packaging industry—and the only metal packaging company—named on the list and is ranked as the top U.S. company for environmental issues management, scoring “highly for its management of water, waste...

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Combating Food Waste During the Product Development Phase

Publish Date
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
In this blog post, we look at how working with your packaging provider early in the product development process can help combat food waste. If food waste were represented as a standalone country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases globally after China and the U.S.1This statistic may not be well-known, but it is one we are keenly...

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