A Dow executive discusses end-market potential for recovered flexible films, and an article explores the challenges of recovering plastics from toys.
The Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling released a new report, “Designing Effective EPR: What to Do About Film & Flexible Packaging,” providing policy suggestions to address the issues relating to flexible and film plastics collected in curbside recycling programs.
The City of Philadelphia filed a lawsuit alleging that Bimbo Bakeries and SC Johnson, whose products include Ziploc bags, made deceptive claims about the recyclability of single-use plastic film products.
Canadian producer responsibility organization Circular Materials will publish a harmonized material list for recycling for Ontario in 2026, including new materials like coffee cups, toothpaste tubes and black plastic containers.
Automaker Honda opened its new Resource Circularity Center in Ohio, which processes retired equipment, office electronics and vehicle service parts.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology released its 2025 State of Supply Chain Sustainability report.
Vancouver-based Metaspectral will receive a combined amount of over Canadian $1 million (US $717,000) from Environment and Climate Change Canada and CleanBC to support the advancement of its AI-driven sorting technology.
EU’s RecyClass launched the first certification scheme focused on traceability for plastic sorting processes.
Technology company TOMRA Recycling acquired the parent company of bag-drop bottle processor Clynk.
Trex named Prithvi (Prith) Gandhi as CFO effective Oct. 6, and appointed Srikanth Padmanabhan to its board of directors, effective Dec. 1.
The sudden inclusion of both virgin and recycled PET in US tariff lists is good news for domestic recyclers, but frustrating for importers. | Tezzstock/Shutterstock
The sudden inclusion of PET resin into hefty tariffs drew reader interest in September, as well as the existential crisis facing European recyclers, a chemical recycler’s relocation plans and the use of chemically recycled PE in specialty films.
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Delays on chemical recycling plants drew reader interest in August, as well as a major polypropylene expansion in Oregon, the collapse of global plastics treaty talks and a lawsuit over Oregon’s new extended producer responsibility (EPR) law for packaging.