Author Archives: Editorial Staff

News from Eastman, Hickman Family Farms and more

Published: April 5, 2022
Updated: April 5, 2022
by Editorial Staff

Posted in Industry Announcements |

News from Graham Packaging, Teknor Apex and more

Published: March 29, 2022
Updated: March 29, 2022
by Editorial Staff

Posted in Industry Announcements |

News from Corona, RePurpose Global and more

Published: March 22, 2022
Updated: March 22, 2022
by Editorial Staff

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From Green Fence to red alert: A China timeline

Published: February 14, 2018
Updated: March 22, 2022
by Editorial Staff

Timeline final update: March 22, 2022

Starting in late 2017, one international issue spent several years at the forefront of North American recycling conversations: China’s ban on the import of certain recovered materials, including a range of plastic types.

Posted in News | Tagged Asia, exports |

Our top stories from February 2022

Published: March 15, 2022
Updated: March 16, 2022
by Editorial Staff

News that shipping company CMA CGM would no longer ship certain categories of plastic scrap made waves last month. | EQRoy/Shutterstock

Major announcements by plastics reclaimers, a shipping line’s decision to stop carrying plastic scrap and more drew our readers’ clicks last month.
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News from IRG, Target and more

Published: March 15, 2022
Updated: March 15, 2022
by Editorial Staff

Posted in Industry Announcements |

News from Foam Cycle, Sirmax Group and more

Published: March 7, 2022
Updated: March 7, 2022
by Editorial Staff

Posted in Industry Announcements |

News from ExxonMobil, The Recycling Partnership and more

Published: March 2, 2022
Updated: March 2, 2022
by Editorial Staff

Posted in Industry Announcements |

News from Dow, Sorema and more

Published: February 22, 2022
Updated: February 22, 2022
by Editorial Staff

Posted in Industry Announcements |

News from Novolex, Repeats Group and more

Published: February 15, 2022
Updated: February 15, 2022
by Editorial Staff

Posted in Industry Announcements |

The latest plastics recycling news

HDPE, PP, PET prices taper off this month
After a long runup, natural and colored HDPE grades saw sharp decreases in value once again in May, joined by drops in PET and PP prices.
Clarity on future of FDA LNO program yet to emerge
Amid sweeping federal staffing cuts, the future of a government program to assess processes to make food packaging from recycled plastics is unclear, sources told Plastics Recycling Update in recent interviews.
Trex, Mohawk, Indorama report Q1 earnings
Pressures from tariffs and consumer spending slowdowns have contributed to lower revenues year over year at Trex, Mohawk and Indorama, according to their recent first-quarter reports.
Experts emphasize safety after ‘disconcerting’ fatalities
As recycling companies seek to improve workplace safety amid an industry-wide increase in on-the-job fatalities, experts at a recent industry summit advised managers to focus their attention on — and for top executives, even to attend — the regular pre-shift safety meetings.
California will fund mixed plastics facility, other projects
California’s state recycling agency will provide $10 million toward a facility sorting plastics with resin codes 2-7, additional multimillion dollar grants for several major MRF retrofits, and a handful of smaller awards for localities to install recycling collection containers.
Google, Dow partner on AI to identify recyclables
Google X and Dow Chemical are collaborating to develop an artificial intelligence sorting system capable of identifying film plastics and mixed materials, they announced at a conference in April.
Top stories from April 2025
In April, Plastics Recycling Update readers were drawn to a story on how much PCR bottlers in California used last year, as well as stories on tariff effects, recycled plastic markets and which companies received FDA letters of no objection for their resins.