Province sees higher packaging collection rates
British Columbia's paper and plastic packaging collection rates rebounded in 2021 after pandemic-related challenges, reaching a record-high recovery rate of...
Rigid Plastics
End user in Southeast expands mixed-plastic capacity
IntegriCo, which processes recovered plastics into composite rail ties, is adding new product lines and increasing its recycled material consumption....
QRS Re-Poly sold to settle debt from failed expansion
This story has been updated. A well-known St. Louis plastics recycling operation has been auctioned off, and the processing company...
Packaging producer boosts PCR consumption by 37%
Amcor, one of the largest packaging producers in the world, used nearly 84,000 metric tons of PCR during the 2020...
Packaging giant closes plant that consumes RPET
This story has been updated. Sonoco is planning to shutter a West Coast thermoforming operation that uses recycled PET, with...
Here are the latest film and non-bottle rigid recycling stats
The amount of U.S. film and non-bottle rigids collected for recycling decreased in 2018, but domestic processors took in more...
PreZero starts up California film recycling operation
A company planning multiple U.S. processing plants taking in hard-to-recycle plastics has begun operating its first location in Southern California....
Manufacturer of recycled HDPE lumber acquires rival
A company that recycles HDPE into composite lumber has acquired another manufacturer in the same space. Aurora, Ill.-based Tangent Technologies...
How a domestic outlet for bulky rigids was born
Cascade Cart Solutions has produced 22 million carts for Waste Management over three decades, but last week marked a milestone:...
Plastic recycled-content bills move ahead in Washington
Washington state lawmakers will send the governor a bill mandating use of recycled plastic in beverage bottles. They also passed...
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