Hard-to-Recycle Materials

In an effort to raise polystyrene recycling rates, the Plastics Industry Association has created a Polystyrene Recycling Alliance. 

More than a year after a long-running public-facing film and flexible packaging drop-off directory went dark, a new consumer guide...

As of the first of the year, restrictions on EPS foodware items in California and Oregon are officially in effect. 

Although additives in plastics often are viewed as problematic, researchers at Cornell and Princeton universities have developed a technique to...

Policy, partnerships and planning are all crucial components of scaling up textile recycling, stakeholders said during a panel discussion at...

Bolstering end markets for hard-to-recycle materials is a slow process, but The Recycling Partnership's Film and Flexibles Recycling Coalition recently...

Black plastics are difficult to recycle due to their light-absorbing properties, which interfere with optical sensors at MRFs. But Finland-based...

The medical and research fields hold great potential for closed-loop plastic recycling as long as logistics can be solved, some...

As energy sourced from wind turbines grows, the issue of disposing of end-of-life blades also has increased in complexity and...

This article appeared in the October 2024 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. While Goodwill Industries...