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.

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

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

The amount of plastic being recycled around the world is stagnant at less than 10 percent with most new plastic still made from fossil fuels, a new study said Thursday. The rest was produced from ...

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The recent analysis by Report Ocean on the “Vietnam Plastic Pallets Market” Report 2024 to 2032 revolves around various aspects of the market, including characteristics, size and growth, segmentation, ...

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“Single-use plastic is bad for the oceans, human health, and business. Recycling can’t solve the company’s out-of-control plastic problem. Reuse can.” Oceana found that if Coca-Cola were to reach 26.4 ...

864 units of Coca-Cola 12-packs, meaning more than 10,000 cans, are included in the recall Sabrina Weiss is the Editorial Assistant of PEOPLE's food department. She writes the weekly recipes for ...

“But we know we are exposed to plastics in everyday life, and that’s what we wanted to examine.” Most of us use products that expose us to microplastics each and every day. In fact, it’s thought that ...

PRE represents recyclers within the EU who process plastic scrap into high-quality material for new products. They comprise 850 recycling facilities with 13.2 million tonnes’ installed capacity and ...

After completing a feasibility study, Nova and partner Plastics Energy decided not to pursue the project "at this time". Canadian polyethylene maker Nova Chemicals Corp. has determined not to move ...