Plastics Recycling Update highlights the latest announcements from industry companies and organizations. For information on submitting press releases or contributing op-eds to us, review our FAQ page.
Plastics Recycling Update highlights the latest announcements from industry companies and organizations. For information on submitting press releases or contributing op-eds to us, review our FAQ page.
CalRecycle, California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, published resources to help businesses abide by the recently passed law requiring businesses to reach recycling minimums to legally sell expanded polystyrene foam in food packaging.
China’s Guangdong Dongyue Chemical Technology Co. launched trial runs on a 200,000 ton per year chemical recycling facility handling mixed plastics in the Guangdong province.
Marine conservation nonprofit Ocean Conservancy published the United States of Plastics report outlining the plastic pollution prevention efforts of each state, including PET recycling rates and implementation of EPR laws.
International recycled plastics resale platform PCX Markets launched PCX Circular Plastics, an initiative to fund plastic cleanups and encourage recovery and resale of plastic in South and Southeast Asia.
Recycling technology company RecycleGO announced a carbon credit program to track emissions reductions from plastics recycling, in collaboration with pollution reduction organization Ocean Integrity and sustainability research institute ECOTAS.
Global waste management firm Veolia announced plans to build a PET thermoform-to-thermoform recycling facility in the U.K.
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