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Dow Chemical Co. has developed an advanced barrier pouch that can be recycled through retail PE collection streams. Dow recently...

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

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

Legislation championed by electronics repair advocates failed to advance in the New York legislature this year. The New York State...

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

The Closed Loop Fund has provided financial backing to Memphis, Tenn. to help the municipality transition to single-stream recycling. The...

The statewide recycling and composting rate for California fell to 47 percent last year after hovering near 50 percent during...

The U.S. recovery rate for old corrugated containers hit 92.9 percent in 2015, according to the Corrugated Packaging Alliance. That...

A trade group for paper sack manufacturers has made publicly available a recycling symbol and information kit on recycling. With...

A slice of paradise considers banning plastic bags and launching a deposit program, and a packaging publication explores the importance...