Associate Editor Jared Paben has worked for Resource Recycling since December 2014. Most of his earlier career was spent as a reporter for the daily newspaper in Bellingham, Wash., but he also has experience working for the Oregon volunteerism commission and for Oregon nonprofits serving low-income populations. He can be contacted at [email protected].
Purdue University professor Linda Wang shows the oil product from a new polyolefin-to-oil conversion process.
A team at Purdue University has developed a unique method for converting scrap polyolefins into oil, fuels or monomers for use in new plastics.
Chinese import restrictions and their ripple effects cut into recycling revenues for North America’s largest hauling companies, financial filings show.
Regulators have given final approval to a carpet stewardship roadmap in California, marking a milestone in an ongoing, years-long dispute with the carpet industry.
Global energy, chemicals and plastics company Total has acquired a French PP reclaimer.
A plastics manufacturer falsely claimed recycled-content products were made from virgin resin as part of a wider scheme to defraud customers and investors, federal regulators said this week.
Higher recovered PET prices pinched profits for recycled polyester fiber manufacturer Unifi last fall.
In Europe, scientists say they’ve developed a fast and accurate way for near-infrared sorters to classify different plastics containing flame retardants.
Forty finalists have been announced for the second Plastics Recycling Awards Europe, and many are using cutting-edge technologies.
A new carpet recycling facility in Arizona is producing recycled PP for injection molding and nylon 6 for chemical recycling into a number of high-end textiles.
Intuition says making products from recycled plastic is better for the environment than using virgin plastic. A recent study puts hard numbers to that understanding.