Putting data first
Lawmakers and industry leaders are engaging in policy discussions to lift recycling in different areas of North America. Efforts in...
March 2022
News from US EPA, Re-Teck and more
The U.S. EPA announced the winners of the Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Electronics challenge, with Dell taking awards in every...
How private equity has boosted various links in value chain
A panel discussion used recent investment activity around reclaimers Evergreen and Tangent Technologies to explore wider trends in the plastics...
Photo slideshow: Industry reunites in person
Last week's Plastics Recycling Conference brought 2,200 plastics recycling professionals back together in person for the first time in two...
PET bale prices jump 24% in last month
According to a national pricing index, the value of scrap PET, color HDPE and PP bales all surged of late,...
The Recycling Partnership rolls out grant program for PET
The Recycling Partnership will launch a PET Recycling Coalition to find solutions for common recycling challenges, a representative of the...
FDA letters cover recycling of polyolefins
The U.S. FDA green-lighted a process to recycle LLDPE scrap into food packaging, one of several letters the agency issued...
Two plastic processors get investments for facilities
Two emerging plastic recycling companies, PureCycle and Encina, have raised a combined $300 million in investments for their projects.
Our top stories from February 2022
Articles touching on bottle bills, Waste Management and more drew our readers' clicks in February.
Data Corner: A troubling increase in quantities of trashed electronics
As COVID-19 took hold and e-scrap collection opportunities were canceled, the public began trashing a lot more of their electronics...
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