Plastics Recycling
Published in September 2026According to a recent article by BASF researchers, a mix of recycling technologies is necessary to ensure that a broad variety of plastics can...
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Plastics Recycling
Published in August 2026A 17 state coalition, that includes the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) as the sole business plaintiff, has filed a motion for a preliminary...
Plastics Recycling
Published in August 2026For years, efforts to improve plastics recycling focused largely on what happened after a product reached the end of its life – better sorting...
Plastics Recycling
Published in July 2026A newly released post-consumer plastic recycling study found that at least 5.1 billion pounds of post-consumer plastic generated in the United States were recovered...
Plastics Recycling
Published in July 2026The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced proposed rules that would make New York the first state in the nation to...
Plastics Recycling
Published in June 2026The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) released its first standalone, and fifth annual, 2024 PET Thermoform Market Analysis, providing a comprehensive look...
Plastics Recycling
Published in June 2026Freepoint Eco-Systems notified the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency that it would suspend “advanced recycling” operations at its facility in Licking County, Ohio. This announcement...
Plastics Recycling
Published in May 2026Neste has successfully commissioned its new upgrading facility for liquefied waste plastic (LWP) at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. This EUR 111 million investment...
Plastics Recycling
Published in May 2026Omni, North America’s largest processor of scrap metals and recycling company, and Plastic Recycling, Inc. (PRI), a vertically integrated plastics recycler and compounder based...
Plastics Recycling
Published in May 2026The Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA), a North American coalition advancing scalable solutions to recycle polystyrene (PS) and expanded polystyrene (EPS), disclosed a new collaboration...