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: ...
Reclaimers of a variety of resins talked about broader market struggles and considered ways to grow domestic demand for PCR.
California's new plastic bag law went into effect on January 1. It forbids any business from giving away or selling plastic ...
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.
Digital watermarking and AI boost flexible plastic sorting while EPR policies fund infrastructure to overcome recycling challenges ...
A panel of plastics industry stakeholders identified tools that potentially could help grow domestic demand for recycled ...
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Why 'recyclable' symbols on plastic are the greatest marketing trick ever played
You know that little triangle with the number inside that you see on practically every plastic item you've ever touched? The one that made you feel good about tossing your yogurt container into the ...
Manchester study argues recycling terms like upcycling mislead stakeholders and hinder sustainable plastic waste management progress ...
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Plastics companies know about chemical recycling’s shortcomings — but still sell it as a solution
For years, the plastic industry’s narrative about recycling has been falling apart. Research and media investigations have revealed that it doesn’t make economic sense, and that petrochemical ...
Experts identify multiple interlinked reasons why recycling is failing: Inefficient recycling plants – Processes such as ...
By bricking your plastic, the company claims it’ll no longer jam recycling equipment the way individual plastic bags often do ...
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