Equipment companies release innovative optical sortation technologies, and the Association of Plastic Recyclers recognizes research improving recyclability.
Equipment companies release innovative optical sortation technologies, and the Association of Plastic Recyclers recognizes research improving recyclability.
A new group in Europe is working to build a demonstration plant to recycle EPS building insulation containing a brominated flame retardant.
Packaging producers should choose clear or translucent PET containers because opaque and colored ones inhibit recycling of the material into higher-value applications.
Instead of separating fiber and PE, two British companies are producing a mixed PE-fiber recycled resin, and the growing potential for rPET in nonwoven fabrics is explored.
A Chicago man who who provided a free polystyrene collection service has been forced to end operations.
After banning imports of plastic scrap earlier this year, the Indian government has decided to allow exceptions under specific circumstances.
In one section of Georgia, it’s getting easier to recycle a variety of polystyrene products.
A European Union panel approved a pair of proposals that bring recovered material into plastic food and beverage packaging.
The City of Redding, Calif., will soon add a densifier to its recycling facility, allowing residents to drop off foam polystyrene for processing. The City will use grant money from the Foam Recycling Coalition to make the purchase.
Oregon-based company Agilyx will build a system capable of extracting styrene monomers from PS.