by Andrew Hawthorne

by Colin Staub

Two new policy proposals seeking to improve components of the U.S. recycling system came up during a Congressional hearing last week, and industry stakeholders offered their thoughts on how the federal government can best support the recycling sector.

by Antoinette Smith

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Five trends for plastic recycling in 2025

by Steve Alexander

State policy moves, competition from virgin resin and other trends are likely to define the year ahead.

The Design Guide turns 30

by Dan Holtmeyer

APR’s guide to designing for recyclability marks three decades of improvement and change.

Breaking down chemical recycling

by Marissa Heffernan

Purification and depolymerization and conversion, oh, my! We look into these technologies and their role in plastics recovery.

The new age of textile recycling

by Colin Staub

As plastic dominates textile production, recycling sectors are merging and new methods are taking hold.

Textile recycling: Where do we stand?

by Marisa Adler

In the past decade, we’ve seen a wave of textile recyclers emerge, seeking to fill a gap in textile recycling to meet soaring demand for recycled fibers.

A new approach to sorting PET and more at MRFs

by Jared Paben

An autonomous system developed by Bulk Handling Systems is really more of a sorting loop than a sorting line.

PP grant brings robot to a facility’s sorting line

by Jared Paben

With a little help from The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, a Fresno-based MRF has entered the world of robotics.

How a de-dusting system cleaned up RPET sheets

by Jared Paben

Specialized equipment is reducing the presence of gels in rPlanet Earth’s RPET sheets, allowing the Southern California-based reclaimer to sell them for higher prices.