MRF and collection worker deaths climbed in 2023
Nine workers died in U.S. materials recovery facilities in 2023 and the death rate for refuse and recyclable material collectors...
Nine workers died in U.S. materials recovery facilities in 2023 and the death rate for refuse and recyclable material collectors...
With about six months to go until the first extended producer responsibility program for packaging in the U.S. goes live,...
A combination of decreasing post-consumer resin demand, high energy costs and stiff competition from both virgin and imported recycled resin...
Recycling for U.S. PET bottles in 2023 gained 4 percentage points on the year to reach 33%, the highest rate...
Plastics recycling firms continue to process about 958 million pounds of post-industrial PVC and 142 million pounds of post-consumer, non-packaging...
Negotiations for a global, legally-binding treaty to address plastic pollution will spill over into another meeting, but participants noted the...
Negotiations for a global, legally-binding treaty to address plastic pollution will spill over into another meeting, but participants noted the...
The U.S. EPA released its National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution, and recycling industry stakeholders responded with support and a...
Bolstering end markets for hard-to-recycle materials is a slow process, but The Recycling Partnership's Film and Flexibles Recycling Coalition recently...
The fifth and final United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting started in a whirlwind in Busan, South Korea, on Nov....
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