Plastic bottle recycling was a difficult business to be in last year, with negative trends seen in collection, processing and pricing, according to an annual report on the industry sector.
Plastic bottle recycling was a difficult business to be in last year, with negative trends seen in collection, processing and pricing, according to an annual report on the industry sector.
Nina Bellucci Butler speaks at the Resource Recycling Conference.
U.S. and Canadian end users could consume more of the recovered plastics generated domestically if prices and specifications meet their needs. But a handful of converging market trends are standing in the way of significant growth.
An initiative in Europe will work to overcome obstacles to the closed-loop recycling of plastics from electronics and appliances.
A new group in Europe is working to build a demonstration plant to recycle EPS building insulation containing a brominated flame retardant.
A bio-derived plastic that could replace PET in food and drink packaging has received interim approval from an industry organization in Europe.
Converting used plastics into ultra-low-sulphur diesel fuel yields notable environmental benefits over traditional oil drilling and refining processes, according to a U.S. lab.
Research in the U.K. shows that uncertainty over recyclability of plastic products continues to prevent higher recovery rates among the general public. Continue Reading
A nonprofit polymers R&D group announced the launch of a research project looking at boosting recycled content in food packaging.
A recyclable, recycled-content polyester material has been developed for automotive components, and a high-molecular-weight PLA could replace PP in packaging.
Get an inside look at how the music industry is combating plastic waste at concerts, and hear about the details on a recently unveiled set of standards for recovering e-plastics.