China’s new crackdown on illegal scrap plastics imports commanded our readers’ clicks in February, followed by stories exploring PET recycling, ocean plastics and PCR demand.
China’s new crackdown on illegal scrap plastics imports commanded our readers’ clicks in February, followed by stories exploring PET recycling, ocean plastics and PCR demand.
Garbage and recycling haulers had the fifth-highest death rate of all civilian occupations in 2014, with 27 people losing their lives on the job, updated federal statistics show.
While pressure-sensitive labels can be challenging to remove from plastic bottles in the recycling stream, one company appears to have come up with a solution.
U.S. plastic bottle recycling rose in 2014, continuing a long-term trend dating back to the 1990s.
Axion International, a publicly traded recycled products company based in Zanesville, Ohio, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Students work to recycle PLA filament used in 3-D printing, and an Ohio plastics recycling company closes its doors after more than a decade.
In a continued effort to modernize and simplify the nation’s longest-standing container deposit program, the Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative has opened another fully automated and staffed redemption center.
Nina Goodrich, Sustainable Packaging Coalition
As Plastics Recycling 2017 approaches, we’re offering a series of conversations with industry leaders who will be taking to the stage in New Orleans. Continue Reading
OSHA penalties against a plastics reclaimer and EPS industry criticism of Ikea drew our readers’ clicks in January.
Brett Stevens, TerraCycle
In the run-up to next month’s Plastics Recycling 2017, we sat down with some of the industry experts who will be taking the conference stage. This week, we offer a Q&A with Brett Stevens of TerraCycle, who discusses his company’s partnership with a consumer-products giant to turn marine debris into new packaging.