A Chicago man who who provided a free polystyrene collection service has been forced to end operations.
A Chicago man who who provided a free polystyrene collection service has been forced to end operations.
After more than seven years in business, drop-off and densifying operation ReFoamIt has closed its doors.
More foam polystyrene collection centers are opening in the U.S., and a clothing company introduces a new line made from recycled ocean plastics.
A Canadian community removes EPS from its curbside recycling program, and Greenpeace offers the soda industry a big thorn and a little rose over its plastic usage.
Canada collected more plastic for recycling in 2014 than it did the year before, with big boosts in curbside-collected film driving the increase.
Another county has joined the WRAP (Wrap Recycling Action Program) initiative, an effort by the Flexible Film Recycling Group of the American Chemistry Council to collect more plastic bags and film at local stores.
Retailers collecting select polyethylene bags for recycling worry that accepting other types of PE film will open the door to contamination.
The City of San Antonio began accepting plastic bags in curbside single-stream carts two years ago. In its first year, 550 tons were recovered through the program, which excludes black plastic bags, but that number fell by more than two-thirds in the second year.
Nestle Waters North America will invest $6 million into the Closed Loop Fund, adding to the pool of money used to finance recycling infrastructure projects nationwide.
Plastic recycling in Minnesota decreased 13 percent in 2015, according to the latest annual report that covers a transition year as the state works to improve its recycling and waste management data reporting.