Hard-to-Recycle Materials

A Quebec company using essential oils to prepare polystyrene foam for recycling has raised millions of dollars to build a...

Oregon's plastics recycling business goes global, and the pioneering work of a recycled plastics lumber researcher is chronicled. New plastic-to-fuels...

Canada collected more plastic for recycling in 2014 than it did the year before, with big boosts in curbside-collected film...

San Francisco has approved a wide-ranging ban on expanded polystyrene products. The ban, which was introduced in April to broaden...

In the upcoming November election, Californians will have two measures to vote on regarding the state’s historic plastic bag ban....

A wet shredder and hydrocyclone separation system from Herbold Meckesheim is helping a Netherlands reclaimer process film for recycling.

Equipment companies release innovative optical sortation technologies, and the Association of Plastic Recyclers recognizes research improving recyclability.

Retailers collecting select polyethylene bags for recycling worry that accepting other types of PE film will open the door to...

The extended producer responsibility program for packaging in Portugal has seen improving recovery volumes in recent years. Joao Letras, the...

The battle over plastic bags in New York City isn't over yet. City leaders have agreed to delay the imposition...