“The PLA is purchased and aggregated by BioCor, www.biocore.org, and then sent to Plarco. Plarco uses hydrolysis to render the scrap to lactic acid, which is the sold to NatureWorks,” Terry says.

PLA, or corn plastic, is made with Midwestern corn, not Middle East oil. Its production releases fewer toxic substances than making petroleum plastic and uses less energy, spewing an estimated ...

A company called Plarco Inc., based in Eau Claire, Wis., says it will be dedicated “exclusively to recycling post-consumer and post-industrial poly-lactic acid (PLA) back into lactic acid — PLA’s ...

Concerned that corn-based polylactide bottles will disrupt and contaminate the lucrative recycled PET stream, a coalition of five recycling associations and two nonprofit recyclers asked PLA resin ...

Some recyclers have been concerned that as more companies use bottles made from polylactic acid, those containers may contaminate the PET recycling stream. But tests at a full-scale recycler suggest ...

Recycler Wanaka Wastebusters is sending 1,232 Honest Water Eco-Bottles back to Charlie’s because Wastebusters can’t recycle them. “We can’t recycle Charlie’s Honest Water Eco-Bottles because they’re ...

The government’s proposal to increase customs duty on non-biodegradable plastics to 25 percent in the Union Budget announced in February 2025 is a step towards encouraging production of ...