Stwart Peña Feliz, MBA ’23, probably thinks more about your trash than you do. While overseeing a recycling unit at ExxonMobil, he saw firsthand how the high cost and energy-intensive nature of ...

Hampton Roads residents aren’t against recycling — some just don’t know how to properly dispose of waste. Inspectors rooted through about 32,000 homes’ recycling carts last spring across James City ...

While Dow is the biggest global producer of virgin PE, its efforts toward reducing the overall impact of plastics have gained steam, company representatives said during an interview at the recent ...

Single-use plastic might just be the most insane act of collective self-harm humanity commits every single day. Each year, the United Nations Environment Programme estimates that we discard a ...

This article appeared in the April 2025 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Resource Recycling’s annual plastics-focused edition, the Spring 2025 Plastics ...

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 ...

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), Washington, has formed the Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA), a collaborative effort designed to unite the polystyrene (PS) and expandable polystyrene ...

In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside recycling bin: bubble wrap, for instance, or multilayer plastic packaging ...

With roughly 440,000 tonnes of plastic leaking into South Africa’s environment every year, plant-based packaging is often championed as an eco-friendly cure-all. But as Council for Scientific and ...

They could sometimes mean a product isn’t recyclable in your area at all.

Cincinnati — Justin Riney is unapologetic about his love for plastics. But he also understands the company he works for makes plastics that are a target for detractors. As sustainability commercial ...