Construction has started on a facility to recycle vehicle airbag scrap into a high-quality polyamide 6.6, according to international chemical company Solvay.
Construction has started on a facility to recycle vehicle airbag scrap into a high-quality polyamide 6.6, according to international chemical company Solvay.
Following the lead of Los Angeles, Chicago has become the second largest city in the country to pass a plastic bag ban ordinance.
A retail giant considers paring down its polymers, and a Dutch inventor designs a mobile interactive plastic recycling installation.
Seattle evolves its plastic bag ban, and a flyover shows the marine plastics problem is growing.
Residents in one area of Australia voice concerns over a plastics-to-fuel plant, and India’s informal plastics recycling industry is being threatened.
Green is the new black when it comes to beer can carriers in Vermont, and Pennsylvania lawmakers are one step closer to a ban on bag bans.
Projects to recover health-care plastics are highlighted, and greater volumes of packaging for ready-to-eat foods are likely to enter the recycling stream.
Industry opinions on the TPP trade deal and PepsiCo’s recyclability goals are among the stories that captured Plastics Recycling Update readers’ attention in October.
The renamed Plastics-to-Fuel and Petrochemistry Alliance (PFPA) has added a new member to the growing group.
A U.K. plastics recycling business hits hard times, and an Australian company that makes recycled plastic pallets is now publicly traded.