Commentary: Chemical and Mechanical Recycling—Complementing or Competing? Rising demand for recycled-content plastic means the two technologies can coexist, according to the CEO of a chemical recycling firm. Debate continues over what…

Recycled Plastic Bottles Leach More Chemicals Into Drinks, Review Finds More chemicals being released by reused plastic could indicate need for ‘super clean’ recycling process A widely used kind of recycled plastic bottle passes more…

Oregon State Pioneers New Method for Recycling Plastic The new "single sort" method would allow previously unrecyclable products to be reused. Many people know the motto, "reduce, reuse, recycle." But what is the good of recycling if…

Coca-Cola Hopes to Achieve 100% Recycling of Bottles, Cans in 2-3 Yrs in India The company through its focus on three fundamental goals -- design, collect and partner -- is laying emphasis on entire packaging lifecycle -- from how bottles…

New Greenpeace Report: Plastic Recycling Is A Dead-End Street—Year After Year, Plastic Recycling Declines Even as Plastic Waste Increases Paper, cardboard, and metals are all recycled at a high rate, but plastic continues to be trash…

How Residents of Kolkata Are Keeping Their City Clean and Getting Paid for It Too! One of the major issues that every city in India faces is the exponential rise of waste. Leaving aside the growing piles of waste, it is the way the entire…

What is Cardboard Recycling and How to Recycle Cardboard? Cardboard, also referred to as corrugated cardboard, is a recyclable material that is recycled by small and large scale businesses to save money on waste disposal costs. Cardboard…

Soft Drinks Industry Faces a Recycled Plastic Shortage, Says Ribena Maker Europe will need three times more recycled plastic if all soft drinks manufacturers are to make the switch, the company behind Ribena and Lucozade has warned.…

Trinseo Chemical Recycling Plant on Track Trinseo's plant will be dedicated to recycled polystyrene (rPS), meeting increased demand for the material. PS is one of the most widely-used plastics. BERWYN, Pa.--Trinseo (NYSE: TSE), a global…

Heat and Bacteria Recycle Mixed Plastics Into Useful Chemicals Two-step process converts mixtures of plastic into small molecules, but could be challenging to implement at scale. Mixtures of plastics, usually a headache to recycle, have…