Advanced Recycling

The US plastics industry accounted for an estimated $432 billion in shipments and more than one million jobs in 2019, according to the "2020 Size & Impact Report" from the Plastics Industry Association.

The pilot program is available to converters in the Maryland, Chicago, New Jersey, and southern Pennsylvania markets.

Is plastic-eating, silk-producing bacteria a new ally in the fight against waste? A new $500,000 grant for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute should answer that question.

Eastman’s Naia Renew portfolio, sourced from 60% wood pulp and 40% recycled waste plastics, is described as an eco-friendly alternative to viscose, the third most-used textile fiber in the world.

In many respects, flexible packaging has a smaller environmental footprint than other formats, but recyclability remains a stumbling block.

Business is booming for the brother-sister team’s compostable and easily recyclable food packaging.

Sorting through the plastic packaging recycling options of dissolution, depolymerization, pyrolysis, and gasification.

The use of plastic waste is making inroads in paving technology on both sides of the pond.

The innovator in sustainable plastics technology is offering 1,880,000 shares of common stock  to the public at $12.75 per share.

Responding to a document from the American Chemistry Council, Greenpeace characterizes chemical recycling as a bait-and-switch PR tactic meant to create the illusion of progress by industry.