Chemical Recycling

Several companies have released new products that are pushing plastics recycling forward, including PCR-specific additives and 83% recycled content films....

Florida lawmakers vote to remove roadblocks for plastics conversion efforts, and Envision Plastics announces it will source millions of pounds...

A startup is using microwave technology in an innovative conversion process that allows for small units that can be sold to...

A Dow executive discusses end-market potential for recovered flexible films, and an article explores the challenges of recovering plastics from...

A documentary film investigating the ocean plastics problem heads to theaters, and a new technology from France scans packaging barcodes...

Despite deep uncertainties in the global oil market, a firm in Indiana says it intends to invest hundreds of millions...

A recyclable, recycled-content polyester material has been developed for automotive components, and a high-molecular-weight PLA could replace PP in packaging....

The PET recycling rate is increasing in South Africa, and a PVC recycling program in the U.K. gets kudos. Austria:...

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

Plastic bags are contributing to flooding in one Asian city, and a plastics-to-fuel facility is being planned in Australia. Bangkok:...