Year-end customs figures from the Chinese government quantify the country’s overwhelming decrease in recycled plastic purchases in the first year of new import restrictions.
Year-end customs figures from the Chinese government quantify the country’s overwhelming decrease in recycled plastic purchases in the first year of new import restrictions.
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.
Resin and packaging giants last week committed $1 billion over the next five years to “end plastic waste.” While recycling and sustainability stakeholders say they are encouraged by the effort, they also want to ensure materials recovery remains part of the solution.
Bioplastic Recycling’s PLA resins, which are green because of printing on many PLA cups.
PLA is marketed to consumers for its ability to degrade in composting systems. But a Los Angeles startup sees mechanical recycling in the material’s future.
The government of Alberta has given approval and funding for a three-year pilot project focused on agricultural plastics recycling.
The leader of a major West Coast trash and recyclables company is prepared to bankroll a California ballot measure taking aim at single-use plastics.
Companies from throughout the plastics value chain have committed more than $1 billion to reduce plastic waste by improving waste management systems and cleaning up existing pollution.
Prices for post-consumer PET and natural HDPE have remained flat over the past month. Both are up significantly from this time last year.
Well over half of PET bottles sold in Europe were collected for recycling in 2017, according to an industry survey.
Stories about beverage companies using recycled plastic, a facility sorting flexible packaging, a chemical producer embracing pyrolysis and authorities dismantling a fraud scheme drew readers’ attention last month.