A Hawaii county bans polystyrene food-service packaging, and a Chinese operation is busted for some truly unsanitary recycling activities.
A Hawaii county bans polystyrene food-service packaging, and a Chinese operation is busted for some truly unsanitary recycling activities.
Readers were drawn to news about the pain recovered plastics exporters are feeling from China’s National Sword campaign. They also read about how technology can boost bale quality.
Maine’s “nips” saga takes another turn with the governor’s veto, and a handful of recycling groups and companies have issued statements in the wake of the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy has signed SB 212 into law, which simplifies some of the reporting requirements under the state’s bottle bill.
Processors of packaging waste in the U.K. are calling for major reforms to the current packaging recovery note (PRN) system, which they contend encourages exports of scrap material.
If all non-recycled plastics in the U.S. were converted to oil, the effort would generate enough transportation fuel to power nearly 9 million cars per year.
Researchers develop new chemical and mechanical methods of processing difficult-to-recycle materials, and a patent is awarded for twin-screw extruder design improvements.
Scientists are using an enzyme to break down PET and PU into their component monomers and then employing bacteria to rebuild them into a PHA bioplastic. Continue Reading
McDonald’s shareholders weigh in on a proposal to eliminate the company’s use of EPS packaging outside the U.S., and a couple of op-eds note that recycling is only one part of plastics sustainability.
Florida lawmakers vote to remove roadblocks for plastics conversion efforts, and Envision Plastics announces it will source millions of pounds of material from regions prone to generating ocean plastics.