Trina Matta, Sustainable Packaging Coalition
How can recycling players be sure their material choices aren’t damaging other links in the recovery chain? One industry collaboration has developed a resource to help.
Trina Matta, Sustainable Packaging Coalition
How can recycling players be sure their material choices aren’t damaging other links in the recovery chain? One industry collaboration has developed a resource to help.
At least three critical issues confront the European PET recycling market, and one of them is having a profound impact on HDPE recovery.
A startup commercializing an innovative PET depolymerization technology has inked its first deal with a major brand owner.
International appliance maker Electrolux reports it used 7,400 metric tons of recycled plastic last year, nearly double what it used two years earlier.
The Closed Loop Fund is nearly three years into its mission of funding recycling infrastructure across the U.S., and it has invested about a fifth of its hefty budget during that time.
After he spent a good chunk of his campaign blasting the Environmental Protection Agency, it was hardly surprising that Donald Trump would take a knife to the EPA budget once he was actually in office. Continue Reading
On the heels of losing a legal battle, a Houston plastics recycling company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, indicating it owes more than $4.1 million to creditors.
Steve Alexander, APR’s executive director, speaks during the group’s March meeting.
The Association of Plastic Recyclers will expand staffing to further engage brand owners on designing products for recyclability.
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Nearly 1,700 plastics recycling industry professionals converged on New Orleans last week for the 12th annual Plastics Recycling conference.
Wood-alternative manufacturer Trex closed 2016 with record sales and earnings, but the company doesn’t plan any significant changes to its downsized recycled polyethylene pellet business.