New York City shoppers will be hit with a new bag fee, and the U.K.’s carpet diversion rate continues to rise. Continue Reading
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New York City shoppers will be hit with a new bag fee, and the U.K.’s carpet diversion rate continues to rise. Continue Reading
Within two years, nine out of every 10 hair care product bottles sold by Procter & Gamble in Europe will have recycled content, the company recently announced. Continue Reading
A recycled polyester plant expands its South Carolina operations, and a filament recycling startup will pitch its venture to business tycoon Richard Branson. Continue Reading
Safeway allegedly violates a beverage container law, and an airline boosts plastics diversion by utilizing blankets made from post-consumer PET. Continue Reading
Cities take steps to ban certain plastic products, and an expert clears up some common misconceptions about recycling of everyday materials.
The Association of Plastic Recyclers describes the relationship between plastics recovery and sustainability, and recycled-plastic products on two continents are highlighted.
A documentary film investigating the ocean plastics problem heads to theaters, and a new technology from France scans packaging barcodes to tell consumers the details on recyclability.
Volume and price levels for scrap material sent out of the U.S. recently experienced month-to-month increases. However, cumulative export totals for 2016 continued to lag those of 2015.
Two retired U.S. EPA scientists have spearheaded development of a technology to depolymerize polyester and recover cotton in mixed-material textiles.
This story originally appeared in the August 2016 issue of Plastics Recycling Update.
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