A recent U.N. agreement to create a treaty on plastic pollution has brought recycling, waste and producer responsibility issues into the mainstream discussion.

Polyolefins producer Braskem has added two new PP grades made with post-consumer content to its circular polymer portfolio.

Though container deposit systems typically help lift recovery rates for covered materials, the programs also usually reduce tonnages of high-quality PET and aluminum going to sorting facilities. A new study helps to quantify those potential impacts.

Rumpke Waste and Recycling's new $50 million material recycling facility is designed to adapt, with plans for the Columbus, Ohio facility drawn up to take future changes to the recycling stream into account.

E-scrap recycler and ITAD provider CyberCrunch is expanding and remains poised for growth, aligning the company with a market that's "be bought or buy," company leaders said.

Some of the technology world's big names are funding an electronics collection effort in Denver, trying to boost recycling rates.

South Korean company SK ecoplant is expanding its footprint in the ITAD industry with an agreement to acquire TES for $1 billion.

Driven by demand for polypropylene and polyethylene, plastics recycler EFS-plastics is opening a processing site in Lethbridge, Alberta.

Keurig Green Mountain reached a class-action settlement with a consumer who sued over coffee pod recyclability claims, agreeing to pay $10 million and add language indicating the plastic cups are "not recycled in many communities."

Rumpke Waste and Recycling's new $50 million MRF is designed to adapt, with plans for the Columbus, Ohio facility drawn up to take future changes to the recycling stream into account.