Hard-to-Recycle Materials

Existing sortation equipment at materials recovery facilities could potentially be used to create bales of flexible film packaging, a study...

The Dow Chemical Company is committing nearly $3 million toward recycling education and outreach programs as well as research into...

Flexible film packaging is being accepted at the curb in one Midwest city, and thousands of plastic bags have been...

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Starting in 2018, plastic bags will no longer be allowed to be handed out by retailers in Montreal. The City...

Scientific developments that could open up a market for recycled EPS came not from chemists in academia or a large...

Imagine a lump of sugar dissolving in coffee – Solenne Brouard uses that image to describe the first step in...

In one section of Georgia, it's getting easier to recycle a variety of polystyrene products. The Center for Hard to...

A Chicago man who who provided a free polystyrene collection service has been forced to end operations. According to a...

A startup based in Richmond, Calif. is making polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) plastic out of organic material. While the innovative process is...