Polyester plastics, commonly found in synthetic textiles and plastic components of home appliances, are notoriously difficult to recycle. In a study recently published in the Proceedings of the ...

ECOCCUBE uses 100% recycled waste plastic as its core material. WES-Tec Global relies on a proprietary process it calls ...

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. But what really happens ...

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Corbin Olson Amid mounting regulatory pressure, evolving trade flows, and shifting brand commitment dynamics, the United ...

For the first time, CalRecycle published estimated recycling rates for materials that will be covered under packaging EPR law ...

Recycling is not a myth — it’s a movement that’s keeping materials in use, creating jobs and protecting Wisconsin’s ...

Simultaneous thermal analysis, or STA, is a combination of differential thermal analysis and thermogravimetric analysis. It offers a wide array of information regarding polymeric materials. STA can ...

Plastic is fed into a shredder before being ground down into smaller pieces and melted, on Feb. 22 at Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls in Iowa Falls. The company uses recycled plastic material — ...

2025 was not a good year for recycling markets. Prices went down for everything in your bin. The only real difference is how ...

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