Mechanical Recycling

Industry-Led Program to Solve Plastic Waste Problem Falls by Wayside

Jan 19, 2021

Funded by some of the world’s biggest oil and chemicals companies, Renew Oceans has failed to meet its goal of keeping plastic waste in the Ganges River from entering the ocean surrounding India.

ProAmpac Debuts Recycle-Ready Mono-Material Retort Packaging

Jan 19, 2021

Available in stand-up and three-side seal configurations, the RT-3000 pouches comply with FDA and EU food-contact requirements.

Indevco Plastics Introduces Circular Collation Shrink Film

Jan 18, 2021

The shrink film uses 50% post-consumer recycled resin and is fully recyclable at store drop-off locations across the United States.

A Guide to Designing Plastic Bottles for Maximum Recyclability

Jan 14, 2021

Placing recyclability at the heart of packaging through simplification and standardization could save our planet — an expert explains how to do it.

A Plastics Industry Wish List for the Biden Administration

Jan 05, 2021

Infrastructure improvement, from plastics recycling to water-management systems, tops our list of what we would like to see in a new year under a new administration.

Greenpeace Sues Walmart Claiming Deceptive Sustainability Business Practices

Dec 29, 2020

Is it misleading to label a plastic product recyclable, even if there are no recycling facilities nearby that will accept that specific type of plastic? The California Supreme Court will decide.

The Real Green New Deal Is Plastic

Dec 23, 2020

Compared with vaunted alternative materials such as paper, plastics save water and trees at a time when potable water is scarce and deforestation is a major concern.

Ohio Parking Lot Gets Plastics Makeover

Dec 18, 2020

71,000 plastic retail bags to pave 2,885 square yards of LyondellBasell parking lot in Cincinnati.

Recycling Partnership Awards Grants to Advance Polypropylene Recycling

Dec 10, 2020

Coalition provides nearly $2 million in grants to materials recovery facilities in effort to broaden nationwide acceptance of polypropylene in curbside recycling programs.

Activists Pressure Biden to Be #PlasticFreePresident

Dec 10, 2020

The Presidential Plastics Action Plan urges president-elect Joe Biden to take eight key executive actions to solve the plastic pollution crisis. The demands are mostly wrongheaded and would engender numerous unintended consequences.

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