The plastics industry has worked for decades to convince people and policymakers that recycling would keep waste out of landfills and the environment. Consumers sort their trash so plastic packaging ...

Imagine getting rewarded just for doing the right thing — that’s what Coca-Cola is doing to fight plastic pollution and promote sustainable habits. The beverage giant is rolling out Reverse Vending ...

The last edition of Fakuma, back in October 2021, was hailed as the show when recycling moved from niche to mainstream. The industry had started its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic with sales ...

European equipment maker says its new polyolefin recycling and regrind system can handle a wide variety of plastic scrap infeed materials. The Intarema 2325 T-VEplus RegrindPro, which the company says ...

“The world’s commitment to ending plastic pollution is clear and undeniable,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), when the fifth negotiation session for an ...

Outside a hulking, beige structure shaped like a barn, a few miles northeast of downtown Tyler, Karen Combs spots something glossy and red on a gloomy January afternoon. “There was your Skittles,” she ...

India-based Steer World is offering what it calls a first-of-its-kind method to recycle crosslinked polyethylene (PEX) plastic using its custom Omega Twin-Screw Extrusion Technology. PEX is used in ...

PORSMOUTH NH - There has been a major push in recent years to get people to recycle. Nearly every town or city in the state has a local program. Unfortunately, so little plastic is recycled, with some ...

BARKHAMSTED — A small regional recycling center is the first in Connecticut to obtain and use a Foam Cycle recycling machine, helping to remove plastic foam from their waste stream. The innovative ...

Since China’s 2018 ban on the import of most plastic waste for recycling, Japan has faced a major challenge. Prior to the ban, the country was shipping nearly half of its roughly 1.5 million tonnes of ...