Plastics

The Association of Plastic Recyclers will research ways in which materials recovery facilities might be able to recover more smaller...

The mayor of Chicago presented his 2017 budget proposal to the City Council last week and it includes a 7-cent...

This story originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content....

Coca-Cola HBC, a major bottler for the Coca-Cola Co. in Europe, has announced seven new sustainability goals for 2020. The...

By tweaking existing equipment, materials recovery facilities could reduce the amount of flexible film packaging landing in their fiber bales,...

The California legislature passed a bill requiring beverage companies to publicly report the amount of post-consumer PET they use. And...

A grocery store on a small Canadian island is operating without the use of plastic, and the head of an...

Curbside recycling can put additional collection trucks on the road. But the recycling process ultimately brings environmental benefits that far...

This story originally appeared in the July 2016 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content....

Price and volume totals for the exports of most materials continue to lag levels from a year ago. In May,...