Hard-to-Recycle Materials

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...

A pair of bills in Massachusetts could have some impact on recovery. One mandates reductions in statewide per-capita waste generation...

After more than seven years in business, drop-off and densifying operation ReFoamIt has closed its doors. The company stated it...

South Africa recycled more total plastic in 2015 than the year before, but the country's plastics diversion rate dropped and...

Crews are nearing completion of a South African village built in part with recovered colored and black EPS.

Europe's PET trade group reports on efforts to boost thermoform recycling, and Tomra wins an award in China for its...

According to the European Commission, an estimated 100 billion plastic carrier bags are used in the European Union every year...