Suppliers and producers of recycled-content plastic face challenges involving uneven scrap supplies and shifting global demand, according to London-based ICIS. Intensifying legislative and consumer ...

As a result, plastics must be carefully sorted into relatively pure streams, which pushes up recycling costs and reduces efficiency. Mechanical recycling — the dominant method worldwide — involves ...

Recycling is not a myth — it’s a movement that’s keeping materials in use, creating jobs and protecting Wisconsin’s ...

Australia's recycling system has been lurching from one crisis to another for decades. Soft-plastic schemes are collapsing, curbside contamination is on the rise, and states are still struggling to ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) is pleased to announce the first-ever Recycling in Action month, a new initiative to increase visibility into the plastic ...

Many large consumer product companies are falling short of the plastics recycling targets they set several years ago. Observers say this failure has contributed to hard times for the companies that ...

A comprehensive new study by WM has uncovered a troubling reality behind America's environmental aspirations: While three-quarters of Americans claim they recycle regularly, actual recycling rates ...

Nearly all black plastics get sent to the landfill or get incinerated because their pigment makes them difficult to sort in plastics recycling plants. As a result, the recycling industry pays little ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In a landmark lawsuit filed this week, the California ...

Enzymatic recycling has gained traction in recent years as a greener alternative to traditional plastic recycling techniques, which often rely on energy-intensive mechanical or chemical processes.