Hard-to-Recycle Materials

A statewide ban on expanded polystyrene food-service products was rejected in the California Senate last week, falling only a handful of...

The City of Calgary's curbside recycling program has accepted plastic bags since it was rolled out in 2009, but it...

Unilever thinks the key to tackling multi-material flexible packaging waste may be to dissolve, separate and precipitate its PE content...

A manufacturer has been recognized for its process that uses 100 percent post-consumer plastics from e-scrap, as well as packaging...

For years, the plastics recycling sector has aimed to keep plastic film out of curbside bins and carts, in an...

A Canadian metropolitan region home to 2.5 million people is considering imposing a disposal ban on expanded polystyrene. The regional...

Converting used plastics into ultra-low-sulphur diesel fuel yields notable environmental benefits over traditional oil drilling and refining processes, according to...

For years, Florida has prohibited local bans on plastic bags and EPS food-service products – or has it? A state...

In the latest chapter of its ongoing expanded polystyrene saga, New York City will again ban foam food-service packaging. City...

To begin to recover targeted plastics from multi-layer packaging, one of the world's largest consumer product companies says it will use...