3R Technology California is getting ready to open up shop at its first U.S. location in the Southern California city of Riverbank. The company processes e-plastics into clean, separated flake to help keep e-plastics in the U.S. 

With its first U.S. mechanical recycling facility for film in the commissioning phase, Canada's Nova Chemicals is focusing on making plastics recycling real to both customers and suppliers. 

Despite recent volatility in the virgin resin market, PureCycle has not adjusted pricing expectations for its recycled PP, CEO Dustin Olson said in the company's quarterly earnings call. 

Illinois-headquartered ND Paper plans to restart a recycled paper machine at its Biron mill in central Wisconsin in the second half of 2025, citing growing demand for its packaging products.

Nonprofit organization PCs for People recently expanded into Seattle, taking over the operations of what was previously the nonprofit InterConnection.

Several companies recently announced progress toward chemical recycling capacity, including a developing method to recycle PET that could require much less energy.

The price spread between natural and color HDPE reached a record high in February, as natural bales pricing increased while mixed-color bales remained near historic lows.

In recent earnings calls, executives at Advanced Drainage Systems, Azek Building Products and Mohawk Industries voiced consistent themes for the construction and housing sector, including uncertainty surrounding federal policy and funding, persistently elevated costs, weather impacts and a shift toward localizing supply chains.  

Domestic RPET market participants have struggled to compete with inexpensive imported material for nearly two years. But the lack of a specific Harmonized Tariff System code obscures the scale of the issue even as PET's share of scrap imports surpassed 50%. 

Prices for post-consumer PP bales have been climbing steadily after stagnating around 5-6 cents per pound for the better part of 18 months, with market players citing several factors for the runup.