Officials announced an initiative to persuade Flint, Mich. residents to recycle the volumes of plastic water bottles they’ve received because of the city’s drinking-water crisis.
Officials announced an initiative to persuade Flint, Mich. residents to recycle the volumes of plastic water bottles they’ve received because of the city’s drinking-water crisis.
Keurig Green Mountain, which helped popularize single-serve coffee and tea pods, is attempting to beef up its recycling efforts.
About 4 percent of post-consumer carpet was recycled in 2014, down slightly from the year before, according to an industry report.
A co-polyester to boost the properties of recycled PET goes on the market in Europe, and new shredders, wash lines, extruders and melt filters are unveiled.
From processing capacity to policy updates, these headlines captured the most eyeballs for Plastics Recycling Update in September.
Nearly 1,700 plastics recycling industry professionals converged on New Orleans last week for the 12th annual Plastics Recycling conference.
China’s border crackdown creates a struggle for survival among legitimate recycling companies, and Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water uses more rPET.
Cornell University researchers push ahead a technology that could lift PE and PP recycling, and a handful of companies targeting hard-to-recycle plastics grab attention.
The American Chemistry Council has shared some uplifting news this week: Rigid plastics recycling grew 27 percent by weight in 2014, and film recycling also increased. Continue Reading
With Plastics Recycling 2017 just days away, we’re excited to offer up the final installment of our series of interviews with industry leaders who will be on stage in New Orleans.