Cutting down on the production of virgin plastics is essential, campaigners say, in the face of such low reuse rates. View on ...

Globally, only 14 per cent of the plastic we use is recycled – but some countries achieve higher rates and new technologies ...

The amount of plastic being recycled around the world is stagnant at less than 10% with most new plastic still made from ...

A new paper run in Communications Earth & Environment titled “Complexities of the global plastics supply chain revealed ...

Last August, I learned of a new study that revealed that the human brains studied were nearly 0.5% plastic by weight. Let ...

Polypropylene is just as big in packaging as PET but it is recycled at a fraction of PET. Only 8 percent of 1.2 million tons of post-consumer PP is recycled.

Tossing takeout containers into the recycling bin feels like the right move, but looks can be deceiving. A lot of food ...

Using information from the Plasteax data platform the report theoretically shows how strategic mechanical and chemical recycling capacity growth could address mismanaged plastics.

"Our biggest concern is probably going to come in the form of retaliation against U.S. exports of our products," a recycling ...

A panel at the annual conference in National Harbor, Maryland, recently discussed brand commitments for packaging and the ...

Recycling massive wind turbine blades can be difficult because they're built from sturdy materials to weather the elements ...

International Recycling Group (IRG) canceled plans for a large plastics recycling facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, citing ...