Plastics retain a high added value throughout their life cycles. Much of this value is lost if a plastic article is discarded at the end of its useful life. Zeus Industrial Products, Inc. is a ...

A group of recycling organizations is calling for NatureWorks to halt expansion of its bio-based polylactic acid in bottles until the bio-resin’s recyclability has been demonstrated. Members of the ...

What do you do with your printer poop?

Research conducted by National Recovery Technologies Inc. (NRT), a leader in plastic mass-sorting technology, indicates NatureWorks(R) PLA will segregate from PET bottles as part of a fraction that is ...

Growth in 3D printing marches on at an annual 26% clip. While new printers keep increasing the print speeds and range of materials that can be used, data on recycling these materials has been sparse.

The thrill of owning one of the best multicolor 3D printers has come at an unexpected price - overflowing bins of wasted filament and scrapped prints. Here are five machines that promise to turn ...

Primo Water Corp. is leading a new consortium to develop bioplastic recycling. Primo, which bottles water in polylactic acid containers, is joined by 19 other organizations to develop effective and ...

PLA, or corn plastic, is made with Midwestern corn, not Middle East oil. Its production releases fewer toxic substances than making petroleum plastic and uses less energy, spewing an estimated ...

POSCO International will launch a biodegradable plastic recycling business to take advantage of the rapidly growing popularity of polylactic acid (PLA) products, the company said Wednesday. PLA, or ...

TotalEnergies Corbion has unveiled an embossed, label-free PLA bottle for the South Korean beverage market, designed to integrate into a closed-loop recycling system established with Sansu.