WM bales and sells the plastic film it recovers at its MRF in Germantown, Wisconsin, as it does for other materials such as OCC and rigid plastics. Capturing this film, which is still not an item ...

Plastic waste surrounds daily life, from food containers and grocery bags to shampoo bottles and medical supplies. Much of it ...

Flexible plastic recycling is no longer just a technical challenge. It has become a business imperative for brands, retailers ...

For decades, recycling plastic has been a losing game — too slow, too expensive, and too limited in scope. Most methods rely on high-heat extrusion and mechanical separation, degrading the material ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

How did plastic become so pervasive? How does it endanger our health? And how do we fix this crisis? Hear from Judith Enck, founder of Beyond Plastics.

A story of innovation where recycled plastic waste is transformed into Bluetooth speakers and affordable prosthetic sockets, ...

Cincinnati — Greg Janson recycles plastics. That's what he does. But this doesn't mean he likes the conditions he sees every day in the industry. And the challenges facing the business call for a new ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

Packaging Insights reported that organizations are evaluating Aduro's Hydrochemolytic Technology (HCT), a chemical process ...

Of the nearly 400 million tons of plastic waste produced annually, about half ends up discarded, polluting landscapes and waterways worldwide. Developing sustainable ways to recover, break down and ...