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August 09,2017

Dart investing $40 million and adding 136 jobs in Mid-Michigan

(Mason, MI) - Dart Container Corporation in Mason, MI, is continuing recent campus expansion that has included the addition of a new corporate office facility and warehouse. The latest $40 million investment includes construction of a new technical and innovation center and expanded machine manufacturing operation.
January 11,2017

Dart Recognized by AF&PA for Sustainability Initiative

Dart Container was recognized with the Leadership in Sustainability Award – Paper Recovery for Recycling.
October 31,2016

Dart Container Opens Free, Foam Recycling Drop-Off in Thomaston

(Thomaston, GA) – Facility accepts used foam cups, foam egg cartons, foam packaging from electronics and much more
July 12,2016

Healthcare improvement alliance recognizes Dart as superior supplier

(Charlotte, NC) - Dart has demonstrated our commitment to setting the Industry Standard of Excellence by earning the Supplier Legacy Award from Premier Inc., a healthcare performance improvement alliance based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
May 03,2016

Dart Container Opens Free Foam Recycling Drop-Off in Chicago

Dart Container Corporation today announced the opening of a new foam drop-off center in Chicago. The center – which is publicly accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is completely free of charge.
May 03,2016

Dart Container Volunteers In Annual Great LA River Clean-Up

On Saturday, April 16, employees, friends and family from Dart Container’s Corona facility joined thousands of volunteers in cleaning-up litter and debris from the Los Angeles River as part of the 27th Annual Great LA River Clean-Up, hosted by the Friends of the LA River (FoLAR).
March 04,2016

Foam Recycling Coalition to offer polystyrene recycling grants

There has been an ongoing, heated debate over whether Styrofoam can be fully recycled. More than 100 municipalities say it can’t be, while The Restaurant Action Alliance, Dart Container Corp., and many other municipalities say it can. At the least, there is very limited infrastructure to process this material. FRC is trying to change that.
January 06,2016

2015 Anacostia Watershed Litter Survey

In October and November 2014, Environmental Resources Planning, LLC conducted a comprehensive litter survey of the Anacostia Watershed, which encompassed certain portions of the District of Columbia (DC) as well as Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties in Maryland. The purpose of this survey was to gauge the amount and composition of litter along roadways and in non-roadway sites in and/or adjacent to waterways identified by Anacostia Watershed Society as indicator streams.
December 11,2015

2015 Celebration of Regional Growth Awards - Dart Container Corporation

Dart thanks the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce for recognizing our continued commitment and growth in mid-Michigan!
October 21,2015

UC Davis’ Green Move-In Recycling Drive Tradition Continues for Sixth Year

Recently, the University of California, Davis, partnered with Dart Container Corporation for a foam packaging recycling drive. Often mistakenly referred to as Styrofoam, a trademark of Dow, the material is widely used to package many items that students bring to school including televisions and other electronics. The effort resulted in half a truckload being collected. The event was the school’s sixth annual recycling drive and took place as freshmen students moved in for the school year.
September 22,2015

New York State Supreme Court Overturns City's Ban on Foam

The New York State Supreme Court today overturned Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia’s decision to ban foam foodservice items, clearing the way for the City to embrace a recycling program that would cover 100 percent of polystyrene products and generate new revenue for the City.
September 18,2015

Dart Container Returns to Great American River Clean Up For Eighth Year of Foam Cup and Foam Packaging Recycling

For the eighth consecutive year, Dart Container is bringing foam (often mistakenly referred to as “Styrofoam,” a registered trademark of Dow Chemical) recycling, education and volunteer efforts to the Great American River Clean Up. Last year, over 1,500 volunteers removed more than 21,000 pounds of trash and debris.
July 02,2015

NYC provides businesses a foam grace period and hardship waiver

Good News in NYC! NYC has announced a “grace period” lasting from July 1, 2015 until January 1, 2016 during which they will NOT issue fines or penalties for business that use foam foodservice containers. Also, nonprofits and small businesses (not part of a chain) with less than $500,000 in revenue per year may apply for hardship exemptions from the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) if they can prove that the purchase of alternative products not composed of EPS would create undue financial hardship.
June 01,2015

Solo/Dart Enterprise Announces New Name: Dart Products Europe Ltd.

Dart’s European facilities previously operated under the names Dart Products Limited in Cradley Heath, West Midlands; and Solo Cup Europe Limited in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
May 11,2015

Dart Container Volunteers To Cleanup Los Angeles River

For sixth year, Dart employees joined thousands for the Great Los Angeles River CleanUp
April 30,2015

Dart Container Files Lawsuit Against the NYC Foam Ban

(New York, NY) – Dart Container Corporation joined with the Restaurant Action Alliance NYC, members of the recycling industry, and the City’s restaurant owners today in filing a lawsuit seeking to overturn the City’s ban on foam foodservice items. Mayor Bill de Blasio, the New York City Department of Sanitation, and DSNY Commissioner Kathryn Garcia are named as respondents in the petition, which was filed against the Commissioner’s erroneous determination that foam cannot be recycled. The determination flagrantly violated Local Law 142 as well as sound environmental and economic policy and plain common sense.
April 30,2015

City businesses take fight against polystyrene foam container ban to court

A coalition including the Restaurant Action Alliance and Dart Container Corp. contends the ban Mayor de Blasio wants to start July 1 is illegal because the law requires the city to recycle such products, but Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia ruled arbitrarily that soft foam containers cannot be recycled.
April 30,2015

Styrofoam proponents call NYC ban a ‘sham’

Styrofoam proponents filed a lawsuit claiming that Mayor de Blasio’s ban of their product is a “sham” — and that he only went through with it to keep his campaign promises and not because it can’t be recycled.
April 22,2015

Dart Container continues its commitment to keeping Michigan’s highways clean

For the fifth consecutive year, Dart is participating in Michigan’s Adopt-A-Highway program Mason, Michigan – Dart Container has announced that through their participation in Michigan’s Adopt-A-Highway program, enough litter to fill 64 trash bags has been cleaned from Michigan’s Highway 127. Dart volunteers, including employees, friends, and family donated their time to this very important cause.
April 01,2015

The Foam Fight

The future of polystyrene recycling looks great! Check out the latest article on the current state of polystyrene recycling from Scrap Magazine.
January 08,2015

New York City Chooses Landfilling Over Recycling

Despite acknowledging foam and #6 rigid plastics can be successfully collected curbside, the City turned down an offer to recycle tons of foam #6.
December 12,2014

2014 Keep Georgia Beautiful Award Winners Celebrated

Atlanta, GA – More than 200 Georgians attended the 36th Annual Keep Georgia Beautiful Awards Luncheon on Friday, December 12 at the Marriott Century Center. The annual program honors individuals and organizations working to improve Georgia’s environment.
November 15,2014

Dart Employees Help Keep Georgia Beautiful With Recycling Drive

Conyers, Georgia (November 15, 2014) — America Recycles Day celebrates plastic, paper and foam recycling, but also more unique recycling like textiles and shoes. In honor of the holiday, Dart Container employees in Conyers, GA partnered with Keep Georgia Beautiful to help recycle shoes for men, women and children around the world.
November 05,2014

Dart Container Remains Committed To Keep Our Rivers Clean

SACRAMENTO, CA – For the seventh consecutive year, with the help of Dart Container’s Lodi manufacturing facility employees, friends and family, volunteers collected 21,000 pounds of litter from the American River Parkway during the Annual Great American River Clean Up.
September 18,2014

Dart Cup Ltd./Solo Cup Canada Inc. Now Marketing Under a New Name: Dart Canada

Toronto, Ont. — Canada's leading manufacturer of single-use foodservice packaging has unified its activities and facilities (Dart Cup Ltd. in Campbellford and Solo Cup Canada Inc. in Toronto and Mississauga) under one name: Dart Canada.
August 14,2014

Dart Container Corporation Moves Forward With Record Expansion

Dart Container is finishing construction on two new buildings that are part of the Mason company's largest local expansion. After more than 50 years of business in Mason, it's a change the company was ready for. "It obviously helps to have the space you need for the employees that are required for this operation," said Executive Vice President of Manufacturing at Dart, Dan Calkins.
August 05,2014

Plastic Recycling, Inc. (PRI) announced today the launch of a new EPS recycling facility in Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis, IN — Plastic Recycling, Inc. (PRI) announced today the launch of a new recycling facility in Indianapolis, IN dedicated specifically to the recycling of post-consumer foam cups, foam take-out containers and other used polystyrene materials collected through curbside pick-up programs across the country.
May 06,2014

Dart Container Continues Commitment to Environment, Participates in 25th Annual Great LA River Cleanup

Dozens of Dart Container employees participated over the weekend in the 25th Annual Great LA River Cleanup event, hosted by the Friends of the LA River (FoLAR), donating volunteers as well as foam recycling education for the sixth year.
April 15,2014

Dart Container Corporation Continues Commitment to Keeping Michigan's Highways Clean

Mason, Michigan — Dart Container announced the collection of 72 bags of litter this weekend, that have been cleaned from the Michigan highway with the help of nearly 25 employees, friends and family as part of the company’s fourth annual participation in the Michigan’s Adopt-A-Highway program.
October 29,2013

Dart Container to Invest $14 Million in Plant City Expansion

Plant City, FL — Dart Container Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of foam cups, has announced plans to expand its existing presence in eastern Hillsborough County with the construction of a 400,000 square foot warehouse in Plant City. Dart is investing $14 million in the project, and up to two dozen new jobs are expected to result from the expansion.
March 15,2013

Dart Container Recognized for Community Impact

Mason, MI — Dart's commitment to Mid-Michigan was recently recognized on both local and national fronts. Dart joined the likes of Apple Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., Oberto Brands and other large companies recognized by Trade and Industry Development Magazine for bringing jobs to local areas. The Mason Chamber of Commerce also saluted Dart Container for their efforts in the community.
November 30,2012

Community Celebrates Renewable Energy Project That Will Transform Municipal Landfills to Usable Energy Benefiting Residents

Leola, PA — Dart Container today was joined by city and community leaders for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate Dart’s landfill gas to energy cogeneration project. The initiative enables Dart to use gas recovered from Lanchester and Conestoga municipal landfills as a source of renewable energy to produce electricity, boiler fuel and steam.
November 28,2012

Dart Container to invest $47 million, create 325 jobs in Mid-Michigan

Lansing, MI — The Michigan Economic Development Corporation today announced Michigan Strategic Fund approval of a $3 million Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant for the expansion of Dart Container Corporation’s operations in Mason. The expansion will generate up to $47 million in new private investment and add a projected 325 new jobs.
November 16,2012

Highland Park City Leaders Announce Foam Recycling Success

Highland Park, Illinois — Highland Park city leaders today were joined by local partners to announce the results of community foam collection efforts. Since the program launched in 2011, the Highland Park community has dropped off foam products at the city’s collection site resulting in over 4,417 pounds of foam collected and recycled.
November 07,2012

Product Donation Helps Red Cross Relief Efforts

Dart Container Corporation is pleased that its 2012 donation of five million disposable cups to the American Red Cross is supporting disaster services such as the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. DCC announced its second five-year product donation commitment to the ARC in January. "The free foam cups we provide not only help to lower the Red Cross's operational costs, but, most importantly, allow Red Cross staff and volunteers to efficiently provide cold and hot beverages to disaster victims and blood donors," said Jim Lammers, DCC’s Executive Vice President of Administration and General Counsel.
October 31,2012

Computers, Not Candy: The Geek Group Donates 100 laptops to High School Students

Grand Rapids, Michigan — On Halloween, as part of The Geek Group’s (TGG) ‘Computers, not Candy’ program, TGG donated 100 re-purposed laptops to economically disadvantaged students enrolled in the Grand Rapids Area Pre-college Engineering Program/Engineering and Biomedical School. These students specifically enrolled in the program because of their passion for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), making them perfect candidates for the laptops.
September 11,2012

Dart Container Returns to Great American River Clean Up with Fifth Year of Foam Cup and Foam Packaging Recycling

Sacramento, Calif. — For the fifth consecutive year, Dart Container is bringing foam recycling (often mistakenly referred to as “Styrofoam”, a registered trademark of Dow Chemical), education, and volunteer efforts to the Great American River Clean Up. Last year, over 2,200 volunteers removed more than 15,000 pounds of trash and debris in just three hours.
June 15,2012

Dart Container Honored for Operational Excellence

Mason, Michigan — The Premier healthcare alliance has named Dart Container as a winner of the seventh annual Performance Award, which recognizes the efforts of contracted suppliers to meet and exceed operational expectations. In selecting recipients, performance data is collected and scored over four successive calendar quarters.
May 04,2012

Dart Container Closes on Acquisition of Solo Cup Company

Mason, Michigan — Dart Container has completed its acquisition of Solo Cup Company, headquartered in Lake Forest, IL. Solo, which is now part of the Dart Container organization, manufactures quality single-use foodservice products. Dart expects to continue offering products under the Solo brand — including the iconic red Solo cup.
March 06,2012

U.S. Foodservice Container Company Acquires Brazil Production Facility

Pindamonhangaba, Sao Paulo — Michigan-based Dart Container Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of foam cups, has acquired Brasbar Disposable Packaging Ltd., a manufacturer of single use foam foodservice products. Brasbar, which has approximately 100 employees, is located in Pindamonhangaba, in the state of Sao Paulo midway between Rio de Janeiro and the city of Sao Paulo.