Plastics

As May begins, recovered HDPE bale prices have slid, making operators of packaging sorting plants a bit glum. The value...

A free service collecting LDPE films commonly used on farms recently kicked off in central Minnesota, the latest expansion for...

The head of California's recycling department rejected a stewardship group's carpet recycling plan, putting at risk carpet sales in the...

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The value of curbside-collected paper and steel is down slightly at the start of April, though some plastics have experienced boosts....

Personal care product company Garnier is working with TerraCycle and a nonprofit group to help consumers keep plastic out of...

Avangard Innovative, which for years has managed commercial recycling streams and sold scrap to manufacturers, is gearing up to play...

Materials recovery facilities have long been vocal about the impacts they're seeing from a shifting waste stream. A new group...

The past few months have seen significant upticks in the value of recovered materials. Recovered paper markets have been volatile in...

CarbonLite, a reclaimer producing food-grade recycled PET, will double its processing capacity this year with the construction of a $62...