Alternative Materials

An initiative funded by the European Union is working to recycle petroleum-based PET and polyurethane into bio-based plastics through the...

A major U.K. plastics-to-fuel company is one of 10 companies participating in Unreasonable Impact, a two-week accelerator program designed to...

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

GM expands its bottle recycling program, and a fight is brewing among plastics stakeholders in Europe over disposable cutlery. From...

A New Zealand teen has a plan to pull plastic from the ocean, and a Colombian firm is turning used...

A plastic bag ban in Texas gets overturned, and local officials in New York weigh the pros and cons of...

A startup based in Richmond, Calif. is making polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) plastic out of organic material. While the innovative process is...

Instead of separating fiber and PE, two British companies are producing a mixed PE-fiber recycled resin, and the growing potential...

Metabolix, a Massachusetts company that developed a bio-based additive for recycled PVC, is scrambling financially and could be forced to...

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has organized a major plastics circular economy effort, and Dr Pepper Snapple shareholders continue to resist...