Austrian packaging and recycling company ALPLA has secured government funding in the Netherlands and set up a new recycling business there, trialling a patented solvent-based technology to produce ...

For the second straight year, post-consumer high density polyethylene recycling has remained stagnant. The U.S. recycling rate for HDPE remained at 29.9 percent in 2011 with pounds recycled dropping ...

Greenstar WES, based in the U.K., reports that it hit new production records in December, producing nearly 700 metric tons of food-grade recycled HDPE plastic flake, taking its 2009 production total ...

If you’re a fan of craft beer, you’ve most likely encountered PakTech’s can carriers, which are made from 100 percent recycled high-density polyethylene (HDPE). These carriers, available in an array ...

Envision Plastics has begun full scale production of its recycled HDPE plastic resin for use in food and drink packaging. The US company has owned the technology to produce EcoPrime for many years but ...

Chemists at Argonne National Laboratory in DuPage County have worked out a new way to recycle certain plastics infinitely, a discovery that could change the way we recycle containers like those used ...

For decades, recycling programs have risen and fallen with the strength of their end markets. Closed-loop success depends on ...

TORONTO (Oct. 10, 9:30 a.m. ET) — For the second straight year, post-consumer high density polyethylene recycling has remained stagnant. The North American recycling rate for HDPE remained at 29.9 ...

The Polyolefin Responsibility Organisation (Polyco) is investing in infrastructure and end-use development that is essential to growing the collection, recycling and beneficiation of polyolefin ...

The recycling symbol on that container doesn't necessarily mean it can go in your curbside bin. Here's how to decode those plastic recycling numbers.