Plastics

A program called U.S. Plastics Pact, associated with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, will pursue strategies to eliminate unnecessary packaging, increase...

The amount of U.S. plastic film and non-bottle plastic rigids collected for recycling decreased in 2018, but domestic processors took...

Two members of Congress who have pushed for EPR, a national deposit system and more are now encouraging state and...

This article appeared in the July 2020 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   It’s...

The graph below shows the trends for four major scrap plastic categories tracked and reported as collected for recycling in...

A mobile app in beta testing seeks to reward users for properly recycling materials at drop-off locations. The company says...

New trade figures show lower U.S. exports of both recovered paper and plastic from January to June, compared with the...

A chemical recycling firm is on the hunt for a massive quantity of plastics Nos. 1-7, material the company plans...

This story has been updated. A report from activist organization GAIA claims processing strategies that have been heavily promoted by...

Target, Walmart and others are working with Closed Loop Partners on a $15 million project to explore alternatives to traditional...