Hard-to-Recycle Materials

Major brands, nonprofit organizations and industry groups will raise $150 million to boost the collection and recycling of plastics that...

In Canada, a number of companies are tackling difficult plastic streams without using traditional mechanical recycling processes. One of them,...

A polymer modifier technology was used compatibilize different resins in multilayer packaging so they could be recycled into new garbage...

International yarn producer Aquafil will invest $10 million to build an Arizona operation generating nylon pellets from post-consumer carpet scrap....

U.S. and Canadian end users could consume more of the recovered plastics generated domestically if prices and specifications meet their...

California lawmakers have approved a bill mandating that carpet stewards achieve a 24 percent recycling rate and discouraging the use...

California lawmakers have sent the governor a bill mandating that carpet stewards achieve a 24 percent recycling rate and discouraging...

Restaurant owners and EPS industry stakeholders have sued New York City over its plans to ban foam polystyrene from use...

Anti-incineration activists have released a report criticizing efforts to burn waste in the U.S., calling them misguided attempts to achieve...

Two public agencies recently analyzed two key recycling challenges: end markets for glass and multi-family recycling collection. Although the agencies...