The bill seeks to classify chemical recycling as a manufacturing process rather than as waste incineration, to help speed infrastructure investment.

The reclaimer, owned by Taiwanese polyester giant Far Eastern New Century, shuttered its Poe Road site in Bowling Green but is keeping its RPET pellet operations open.

Despite gains for thermoforms and other materials, bottle recovery rates and RPET consumption eased from 2023 highs amid abundant imported resin, the annual report indicated.

A Mexican producer responsibility organization and a Canadian recycling startup are partnering to research the use of multi-material flexible packaging as a potential feedstock for chemical recycling technologies.  Aduro Clean Technologies, based in London, Ontario and ECOCE signed a multi-year phased framework collaboration agreement to evaluate Aduro's water-based Hydrochemolytic Technology (HCT) for recycling flexible and mixed-plastic packaging in Mexico. Using...

Using composition analysis and industry input, the Circular Plastics Taskforce and PROs in British Columbia and Quebec aim to provide technical and practical information about flexible packaging.

The state approved the plan from Circular Action Alliance, clearing the way for the law's implementation within the next six months.

Direct Polymers, the state's largest plastics processor, will leverage a new innovation hub to help accelerate development of products made from recycled materials. 

In its efforts to reduce beauty packaging waste and increase industry accountability, Pact Collective is seeking to add to its more than 150 members, who include global beauty brands and retailers.

In a recent report, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) called progress toward recycling targets "too slow," and offered several recommendations including how to make recycling markets more economically viable, while reiterating its support for economic mechanisms that help support recyclers.

Patent applications for chemical recycling technologies have reached a record high globally with government initiatives among the factors driving innovation, according to recent analysis from intellectual property firm Appleyard Lees.