An upcoming update to the RIOS certification will include stronger health and safety requirements and a greater focus on the global recycling industry.
An upcoming update to the RIOS certification will include stronger health and safety requirements and a greater focus on the global recycling industry.
The U.S. recycling rate for PET containers has dropped just under 1 percentage point to 30.1 percent.
An industry group has determined the U.K.’s plastics recycling rate is around 33 percent.
Exported recovered plastics recently saw prices increase 12 percent year-over-year. Volumes, however, remain down.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is seeking participants for a recycling survey that will quantify the amount of plastics recycling happening in the Lone Star State.
A report from consulting firm Trucost found the environmental cost of using plastics in packaging is four times less than that of using aluminum, tin, glass or paper.
Industry exports saw a jump in volume of nearly 4 percent from April 2016, but totals are off significantly from a year ago.
Entropex, one of North America’s largest plastics reclaimers, has laid off employees, ceased operations and will be put up for sale.
Monoworld Recycling has opened a multi-million dollar facility in Rushden, Northamptonshire to recover a wide range of mixed plastics.
A Maine-based company that offers an automated system for collecting containers and redeeming deposits is extending its reach.