Greenstar WES, based in the U.K., reports that it hit new production records in December, producing nearly 700 metric tons of food-grade recycled HDPE plastic flake, taking its 2009 production total ...

Total, a France-based petrochemical company, has introduced a range of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) circular compounds with high levels of recycled content, which it will make available to its ...

Facility shutdowns and changing demand patterns create new dynamics in recycled PET, PE, and PP resin markets this month.

Speakers at the Plastics Recycling Conference said they're more positive on longer-term solutions like recycled content ...

A barrier solution that "alleviates concerns about multilayered packaging" has now been officially recognized by both the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) in the U.S. and Plastics Recyclers ...

Chemists at Argonne National Laboratory in DuPage County have worked out a new way to recycle certain plastics infinitely, a discovery that could change the way we recycle containers like those used ...

Packaging manufacturer Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co KG is investing 15 million euros ($17.7 million) in a high density polyethylene recycling plant in Mexico, adding to a portfolio of HDPE ...

As good citizens, we diligently fill the recycling bins provided by our local authorities with all manner of plastic trays, boxes, bottles and bags. But as these bins fill up quicker and quicker each ...