Film & Flexibles

A statewide ban on local bag bans is close to becoming law in Michigan. Senate Bill 853 prohibits local governments...

Novolex, a company that makes and recycles plastic bags, has been sold to The Carlyle Group, an investment firm based...

Chicago's City Council backs a fee on plastic bags, and your laundry may be sending microplastics into the ocean. Bags...

Supporters and opponents of plastic film policy have differing views on whether the Golden State's voter-supported initiative will have ripple...

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency and the American Chemistry Council trade group have announced a formal partnership to try to...

This story originally appeared in the August 2016 issue of Plastics Recycling Update. Subscribe today for access to all print...

A report from several nonprofit conservation groups examines the most common plastic marine litter found in California. It also proposes...

With the long election season finally over, our election signs can now forget their divisive past and begin anew as...

Chicago residents are closer to paying bag fees, and plastics recycling equipment innovations were on display at Germany's K show....

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