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Exports of recovered plastics fell during the first six months of 2023, newly released federal trade statistics show.

Two bills dealing with the nation's recycling and composting infrastructure have been reintroduced to Congress for a second year, drawing...

The U.S. EPA released a plastics pollution plan that supports steps to reduce production of single-use and difficult-to-recycle plastics. Meanwhile,...

Waste industry worker fatalities rose to 46 in 2022, a nearly 65% increase over the prior year.

The blended average price of material dropped again in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to a recent market report.

A report from the U.S. Plastics Pact found a national recycling rate of 13.3% for plastic packaging and an overall...

A report from the U.S. Plastics Pact found a national recycling rate of 13.3% for plastic packaging and an overall...

Companies exported a little less recovered fiber and a lot less scrap plastic last year, recently released trade data shows. 

Refuse and recyclable material collectors had the seventh-deadliest job in the U.S. in 2021, an improvement over the previous year's...

The U.S. PET bottle recovery rate made a notable jump last year, reaching 28.6%, according to an industry report published...