The U.S. PET bottle recycling rate inched upward to 29.2 percent last year.
The U.S. PET bottle recycling rate inched upward to 29.2 percent last year.
The head of the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) recently voiced concerns that plastics recovery progress could get dampened by stakeholders’ transition to more holistic approaches to materials management.
Prices for recovered PET containers have remained relatively steady. Meanwhile, values for both natural and color HDPE have climbed.
Rolled grain bag ready to be shipped to recycling end-market.
A permanent, consumer-funded grain bag recycling program has gone into effect in Saskatchewan, where farmers use 15,000 to 20,000 bags annually.
A Florida man who led investors to believe his company had proprietary EPS recycling technology has been sentenced to prison for defrauding investors in that venture and a handful of others.
Southeast Asian countries continue to place restrictions on scrap plastic imports, affecting movement from U.S. ports.
The state of California will provide another loan to help a packaging producer boost its RPET consumption.
Malaysian authorities plan to ban scrap plastic imports in three years. In the meantime, they’ll subject incoming shipments to a series of stringent new requirements.
Global brand companies are among those that signed a commitment to publicly report their progress toward ensuring plastic products are recyclable and actually recovered.
The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) says its Demand Champions effort has helped pull more plastic through the recycling system in its first year.