Plastics Recycling Update
NJ’s PCR delay risks making its own excuse permanently true
In this editorial, Prof. Edward Kosior explores how policy uncertainty discourages investment and risks destroying existing recycling capacity.
Sorted: Should we use recycled trash bags?
Manufacturers’ resistance is rooted in performance and cost, but the products may have an important role to play.
US lawmakers urge protection of domestic RPET
In a letter to the US Trade Representative, five representatives asked the USTR to consider trade remedies and support verification...
APR reports success for 2026 recycling toursÂ
In May, more than 2,500 visitors toured 41 facilities in the US and Mexico, during APR's second annual Recycling in...
Recyclers reeling from NJ PCR extension
The recent three-year extension for exemptions to the state's PCR mandates elicited frustration and confusion among recyclers.
ALPLA’s holistic approach to packaging design
The packaging and recycling company's North American design lead explains why recyclability goals can't exist in isolation.
US packaging is evolving. The recycling system isn’t ready
The second installment of the 2026 State of Recycling report from The Recycling Partnership indicates that lighter-weight packaging substrates have...
SB 54 plan for cartons, film draws warning
The new law's cartons and film targets could add 100,000 tons of plastic contamination to California's paper exports annually, a...
PET roadmap pairs demand, CO2 footprint
A new industry roadmap from NAPCOR combines ISO-compliant methodology and a conservative approach toward PET decarbonization, to reduce the carbon...
Canada tariffs latest in new normal for RPET
Tensions with the valuable trading partner have frayed nerves for over a year, but North American markets already have tariff...