A container deposit system is set to be introduced in Australia’s most populous state, and Pepsi develops a game to get kids in Poland excited about water bottle recycling.
A container deposit system is set to be introduced in Australia’s most populous state, and Pepsi develops a game to get kids in Poland excited about water bottle recycling.
This Saturday, April 22 marks Earth Day, an event that was first celebrated in the U.S. 47 years ago. Industry entities are marking the occasion with efforts that range from impactful to flat-out quirky.
Markets were on the minds of readers last month, with a number of our most popular stories offering analysis on demand for recovered plastic material.
Drones patrol Britain’s beaches in search of shoreline plastics, and prices rise in the U.S. for recovered HDPE and PET.
Stories about China’s crackdown on illegal plastic imports and a new LDPE recycling facility in Texas attracted readers’ clicks in March.
A Dow executive discusses end-market potential for recovered flexible films, and an article explores the challenges of recovering plastics from toys.
Recycling of PET containers continues to increase across Europe, according to a recent report.
The overall recycling rate for PET containers rose incrementally in 2012 while domestic demand for recycled PET (rPET) continued to trump supply. Those are the takeaways from the “Report on Postconsumer Recycling Activity in 2012,” released today by the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR).
It’s official: The Recycling Organizations of North America (RONA) and the National Recycling Coalition (NRC) are joining forces.
A working group has identified a series of recycling-friendly design tips for manufacturers of full-wrap shrink sleeve labels.