The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) and the American Chemistry Council (ACC), both based in Washington, D.C., have released figures showing that plastic bottle recycling increased ...

Closed Loop Recycling has announced that it is significantly expanding its HDPE recycling capabilities, in order to meet the demands of the dairy industry which increasingly requires higher levels of ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Recycled Food Packaging Drives Circularity With Tech, Regulation, and Consumer Push Food Packaging Recycling Market Food ...

Pilot testing has begun at the National Test Centre Circular Plastics Facility in Heerenveen, the Netherlands.

Project participants say it has the potential to significantly contribute to the implementation of a circular plastic economy ...

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.