I thought recycling polyethylene (PE) film was going to be easy. After all, I am a plastics engineer. This is my area of expertise. But I have come to the realization that I don’t know diddly squat about plastic film recycling.

The company is helping create a real-world circular economy for plastics…here’s what that looks like on the front lines in remaking used plastics into new, value-added products.

The engagement of hospital nurses is critical to a successful “green transition” in the healthcare sector, noted participants of a recent workshop dedicated to medical plastics recycling programs.

The additives result in an average of 5 to 8% energy savings for firms that injection mold thin-wall container lids or similar polypropylene (PP) products, confirmed UL Environment & Sustainability, a unit of the global UL group.