The parent company of Green Line Polymers acquired the parent company of Champion Polymer Recycling in a purchase valued at over $1 billion.
The parent company of Green Line Polymers acquired the parent company of Champion Polymer Recycling in a purchase valued at over $1 billion.
Multiple factors have led to lower demand for trucking, bringing shipping cost relief to many in the recycling industry.
A program designed to collect hard-to-recycle plastics curbside is angling to send more materials to a site run by startup Renewlogy in Salt Lake City.
Prices for PET and natural HDPE have been relatively flat lately, with more movement seen in color HDPE and PP.
A state-ordered analysis in Washington describes steps to grow regional end markets and processing capacity. One of the top recommendations: the development of a plastics recovery facility.
With overseas import restrictions, tariff impacts and domestic market volatility, an erratic business environment has become the norm for recycling operators around North America.
Non-bottle mixed plastics and film recycling have experienced their first major drops in a decade, two studies indicate. But amid the challenges, domestic use of both streams increased.
An Italian company that recycles post-consumer nylon will spend over $40 million to acquire a North Carolina fiber manufacturer.
A handful of industry groups and plastics producers are teaming up on a 60-day effort to try to capture a wider variety of materials from the flow of curbside recyclables in Portland, Ore.