KFC Canada, Canada, announced a series of new sustainability and environmental commitments aimed at curbing the company’s use of plastics in restaurants across the country.

Wind Point Partners, Chicago, and portfolio company A&R Logistics, Louisville, Ky., acquired Blue Water Plastic Transport, LLC, a St. Clair, Mich.-based provider of specialty bulk transportation and logistics services to the plastics industry.

Americans are more concerned about the impact of plastic waste in oceans than they are about the impacts of climate change, according to a survey produced by Shelton Group, Minneapolis.

A report released by Greenpeace, Washington, D.C., revealed that 20 of the largest U.S. grocery retailers fail to adequately address the plastic pollution crisis they are contributing to.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Switzerland, launched ReSource: Plastic, a new activation hub.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), Lyons, Ga., announced that its subsidiary Georgia Central Railway, L.P., will serve a major new plastics distribution facility under construction on its line in Pooler, Ga.

ALDI U.S., Batavia, Ill., announced a commitment to making 100% of its packaging, including plastic packaging, reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.

Natural Grocers, Denver, Colo., eliminated more than 300 million single-use plastic bags across all 152 stores.

Nestlé S.A., Switzerland, and Veolia, a France-based resource management company, announced a collaboration to work on waste collection, sorting and recycling of plastic material, with a particular emphasis on flexible plastic packaging.

The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment unites businesses, governments and other organizations behind a common vision and targets to address plastic waste and pollution at its source.