At least three dozen facilities will open their doors as part of the Recycling in Action campaign organized by the Association of Plastic Recyclers. According to APR post-tour surveys last year, 74 ...

Why recycling falls short: Despite decades of campaigns, most plastics are still landfilled, burned, or pollute oceans due to ...

The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less complicated, frustrating and tedious. In a new study, Northwestern University chemists have introduced a new plastic upcycling process that can ...

Water used to wash recycling materials in the study became progressively darker as it was reused. Photo courtesy of Greg Curtzwiler/Iowa State University. Researchers from Iowa State’s Polymer and ...

The first refinery built along the Houston Ship Channel in 1918 shut down its petroleum production this spring, laying off hundreds of workers, but owner LyondellBasell had no intention of closing the ...

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / March 23, 2026 / For decades, the economics of plastics have been deceptively simple: virgin resin-derived from oil and gas-has been cheaper, more reliable, and ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

Two separate scientific advances unveiled this week could reshape plastic waste management: a Cambridge-led process producing clean hydrogen from plastic and car battery acid using solar power, and ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators ...

The company’s innovative packaging products and recycling strategies are tailored for retail and foodservice customers in the U.S. OROVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oroville Flexible Packaging, LLC, ...