While prices for recycled commodities are tracking rises in virgin markets, few transactions are occurring, said an ICIS analyst.

While anti-plastics group Beyond Plastics cast doubt on Starbucks' recyclability claims and left many questions unanswered, its report also provides an opportunity for meaningful dialogue to improve processes and influence consumer behavior.

Stakeholders are accustomed to questions and concerns about whether "recycling is real," but they took particular issue with several aspects of the anti-plastics group's risky methods and murky conclusions.

A verification platform from Circular Solutions will provide independent verification for the world's largest single-day sporting event on May 24.

Novelis will restart its Oswego plant within weeks, and Ball Corp. plans commissioning at its Millersburg plant by the end of the year.

Stakeholders applauded the additional allocations proposed, but would like to see distribution re-formulated to more effectively address market realities.

Just when Europe should be accelerating its transition to a circular economy, the sector is slowing dramatically, said the president of Plastics Europe.

Adding the Southern California facility to its operations, Niagara is expanding its beverage manufacturing operations and pursuing vertical integration.

The one-year conditional approval allows resin processed via the company's dissolution method to count toward the state's minimum recycled content law for packaging.

Amid numerous recent hits to the common packaging plastic, a stakeholder coalition is engaging with policy makers to encourage policy that enables and incentivizes recycling.