Hard-to-Recycle Materials

A pair of Northeast states accept applications for recycling-related grants, and funds are awarded for a host of initiatives in...

Electronics and appliances present an attractive source for reclaimed plastics, but technical challenges can often inhibit recovery. Many of the...

Canadian HDPE recovery offset decreased recycling of other resins in 2015, according to a recent report, giving overall plastic packaging...

A major newspaper calls for the most-populous U.S. state to ban EPS packaging, and a study finds toxic flame retardants...

A major retailer agrees to look for alternatives to EPS foam packaging, and Greenpeace once again hammers Coca-Cola over end-of-life...

Hamstrung by regulatory setbacks in Pennsylvania and New York, Nulife Glass is in the midst of a major restructuring effort...

At least three critical issues confront the European PET recycling market, and one of them is having a profound impact...

A package of equipment from New Jersey-based Foam Cycle aims to help organizations, including municipalities, with their expanded polystyrene (EPS)...

For near infrared sorters, black as a color may not be the problem so much as the type of black...

A process of recycling expanded polystyrene for use as a filter medium was the subject of a recent TED talk....