A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected in huge volumes. Yet even for this item, the reality of recycling is messy: ...

A new book by the journalist Beth Gardiner argues that oil companies are upping production of the material as a safeguard ...

This free HDPE technical resource provides machinists with the exact feeds, speeds, and tooling strategies needed to ...

US plastics sector generates massive economic impact with $550 billion in shipments and supports over 1.7 million American ...

By converting plastic waste into a microbe-friendly food source, scientists have built an upcycling pipeline that turns the waste into a variety of useful products. The findings are detailed in the ...

Plastics industry completed 345 M&A deals in 2025 with packaging segment leading growth and international activity at ...

Ridwell, and companies like it, offer to take complex plastic items you can't put in your blue bin and find a home for them.

A panel of plastics industry stakeholders identified tools that potentially could help grow domestic demand for recycled ...

Reclaimers of a variety of resins talked about broader market struggles and considered ways to grow domestic demand for PCR.

The researchers say the study is the first of its kind to assess the number of healthy years of life lost because of plastic emissions at a global scale. With no change to the current system, annual ...

Moraine Plastics partners with national quality expert Steve Williams to enhance systems, performance, and operational ...

A$11.2m in joint federal and NSW funding will expand facilities to process hard-to-recycle plastics, including soft plastics ...