US consumers play an indispensable role in plastic recycling, particularly for flexible materials that aren’t curbside recyclable. To give them a hand, the Trex Co. has developed an online, searchable ...

Speakers at the Paper and Plastics Recycling Conference in Chicago discussed plastic film recycling initiatives and roadblocks. From left to right: Scott Fidler, manager of commercial recycling ...

WM bales and sells the plastic film it recovers at its MRF in Germantown, Wisconsin, as it does for other materials such as OCC and rigid plastics. Capturing this film, which is still not an item ...

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced that Wegmans Food Markets has joined the association’s Flexible Film Recycling Group (FFRG). Wegmans is the first retailer to join the FFRG, a ...

"Our company is dedicated to advancing plastics circularity by innovating beyond linear, transactional recycling and creating untapped supply chain value via the circular economy. Joining the Flexible ...

Digital watermarking and AI boost flexible plastic sorting while EPR policies fund infrastructure to overcome recycling challenges ...

Agricultural plastic mulch films are widely used around the world to increase crop yields, conserve soil moisture, and suppress weeds. However, once these films are discarded, they can persist in the ...

Paragon Films receives the APR Recycling Leadership Honorable Mention for outstanding utilization of post-consumer recycled ...

Collaboration in the state’s Napa and Sonoma wine country is enabling film to be collected, recycled and remanufactured into new film.

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.