Film & Flexibles

New York’s governor has introduced legislation prohibiting retailers from providing plastic shopping bags to customers at point-of-sale. The bill, S8257,...

Composite decking manufacturer Trex saw significant boosts in sales last year, in part due to China's impacts on recovered PE...

Avangard Innovative recently installed a customized recycling line at its LDPE recovery facility in Houston. The system is aimed at...

An Arkansas-based plastics reclaimer and manufacturer is furthering its growth on the West Coast with the acquisition of two California...

This story originally appeared in the November 2017 issue of Plastics Recycling Update. Subscribe today for access to all print content. For...

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation recently honored a team at the University of Pittsburgh and an R&D company called Aronax Technologies...

Scrap plastic exported out of the U.S. is moving to Southeast Asia, where reclaimers are dramatically increasing purchases as China...

In Indonesia, the road to plastic marine debris prevention may be paved with, well, plastic. A unit of Dow Chemical...

Over the past month, recovered PET and film values have fallen, but HDPE grades have seen slight increases. The current...

Lower prices for recovered polyethylene films have helped drive higher profits for composite lumber product manufacturer Trex. The publicly traded...