Waste Management’s CEO says the company is still making some money on recycling but its return on capital is lagging, and environmentalists urge Minneapolis to ban plastic bags.
Waste Management’s CEO says the company is still making some money on recycling but its return on capital is lagging, and environmentalists urge Minneapolis to ban plastic bags.
The U.K. government has scaled back its plastics packaging recovery targets.
CoPP black pellets sold at 50 cents per pound delivered (48 cents per pound FOB) Ontario last week, up 4 cents per pound due to strong demand and limited off-grade supply.
The Association of Plastic Recyclers has announced its 2016 webinar series, and topics include the design guide for recyclability, rigids recycling and more.
The beverage industry prepares to defend bottled water in Montreal, and an Ontario HDPE and PP reclaimer will open a facility in Alabama.
In the midst of Mardi Gras season, more than 1,600 plastics recycling leaders headed to New Orleans this week for Plastics Recycling 2016. But prices, not parades, were on attendees’ minds.
Container shipping lines serving the U.S.-to-Asia market are confronting new market dynamics.
Prices for recycled HDPE peaked at the beginning of 2015 and never quite recovered to that level for the remainder of the year, following the general downward trend in prime HDPE pricing.
A sort line at a PET recycling facility in China. Photo courtesy of Patty Moore.
Revamped regulations in China require plastics recycling operations to meet minimum processing benchmarks and a variety of other standards.