Technology

European stakeholders are developing an innovative system to recycle plastics from cars, electronics and contaminated streams. The European Union-funded project is...

Dell's announcement that it will use HDPE recovered from Haiti's beaches, waterways and adjacent streets in its packaging garnered headlines...

A major manufacturer of recycled-content fabrics has received the go-ahead from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to create rPET...

A nonprofit polymers R&D group announced the launch of a research project looking at boosting recycled content in food packaging....

Belgium-based industry association Petcore Europe is seeking more members to join its working group focused on the recycling of opaque...

More foam polystyrene collection centers are opening in the U.S., and a clothing company introduces a new line made from...

A new materials recovery facility in San Diego is sorting single-stream material from commercial and multi-family sources. Fibers and films...

Miniature liquor bottles are proposed for inclusion in a state's bottle bill, and building tenants in Chicago make some noise...

By examining both transmissive and reflective light from objects, the ColorPlus-R optical sorter is able to identify the color of...

If you think materials collected at the curb represent a difficult mix of contaminated plastics, try pulling them off the...