Film & Flexibles

Starting in 2018, plastic bags will no longer be allowed to be handed out by retailers in Montreal. The City...

A bottle deposit system is being pushed in England, and plastic film recycling expands in New Zealand. England: The head...

Composite lumber manufacturer Trex is reducing the amount of recycled polyethylene it buys and sells, even while the company continues...

Fewer plastic bags are being used in the U.K., and a German beverage producer continues to take recycling into its...

A recycling program in Virginia expands its plastics scope, and a materials recovery facility in Ontario pushes back against bags...

In its first full year of operation, British Columbia's printed paper and packaging recycling program notched a 77 percent recovery...

Two companies are working on a new resin made with a mix of plastic and fiber, and an exports-focused company...

Canada collected more plastic for recycling in 2014 than it did the year before, with big boosts in curbside-collected film...

Dow Chemical Co. has developed an advanced barrier pouch with an embedded compatibilizer, allowing the EVOH/PE packaging to be recycled...

A wet shredder and hydrocyclone separation system from Herbold Meckesheim is helping a Netherlands reclaimer process film for recycling.