Plastics

This story originally appeared in the June 2018 issue of Resource Recycling magazine. Subscribe today for access to all print...

The U.S. will enact tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese products beginning July 6. Vowing retaliation, China released its...

An Ontario group recently looked at market factors shaping the domestic plastics recycling industry in 2017, and it offered predictions...

Vietnamese authorities have boosted inspections of scrap imports and plan to halt shipments to key ports next month. According to...

An agricultural plastics collection company has expanded substantially in the past year, opening a processing facility in California and growing...

The pricing slump continues for curbside fibers, but a number of plastics have increased in value. The national average of...

A major U.S. industry group has announced ambitious long-term goals related to the recycling of plastic packaging. In a release...

Adding recovered plastics to biomass in a gasification process can increase the quality and volume of the end product, according...

Canadian equipment manufacturer Machinex has introduced a “self-aware” sortation robot, which uses artificial intelligence to quickly remove materials from processing...

North Carolina-based Plastic Revolutions is expanding to separate certain resins from mixed plastic bales, a response to growing supply as...