Mechanical Recycling

Crystal-clear and leak-resistant Recycleware containers are made with a minimum of 20 to 50% post-consumer recycled PET material.

HP has expanded its Planet Partners printing supplies return-and-recycling program to 68 countries, including Argentina, Chile, and Papua New Guinea.

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries bestowed the award on Lexmark for its toner cartridges, of which 95% contain at least some post-consumer recycled plastic content.

A study of the cradle-to-grave environmental impact of different types of shopping bags in Singapore finds that single-use plastic bags made from high-density polyethylene have a lower environmental footprint than single-use paper and multi-use...

ALPLA Group introduces the world’s first carbon-neutral recycled PET production using green electricity and offsetting unavoidable emissions with carbon certificates.

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 pioneering facility is one of the largest plastic recycling centers in the northeastern United States.

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

The barrier pouch developed collaboratively by packaging technology company Amcor and Nestlé pairs polypropylene with a thin, transparent AmLite barrier coating.

The Association of Plastic Recyclers applauds the law, which is designed to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the environment, improve recycling rates, and create a larger market for recylate.