The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) and the American Chemistry Council (ACC), both based in Washington, D.C., have released figures showing that plastic bottle recycling increased ...

Closed Loop Recycling has announced that it is significantly expanding its HDPE recycling capabilities, in order to meet the demands of the dairy industry which increasingly requires higher levels of ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the second straight year, post-consumer high density polyethylene recycling has remained stagnant. The U.S. recycling rate for HDPE remained at 29.9 percent in 2011 with pounds recycled dropping ...

TORONTO (Oct. 10, 9:30 a.m. ET) — For the second straight year, post-consumer high density polyethylene recycling has remained stagnant. The North American recycling rate for HDPE remained at 29.9 ...

Envision Plastics has begun full scale production of its recycled HDPE plastic resin for use in food and drink packaging. The US company has owned the technology to produce EcoPrime for many years but ...

Pilot testing has begun at the National Test Centre Circular Plastics Facility in Heerenveen, the Netherlands.

Plastics recycling is complex, and it’s not easy to explain the whys and whens. However, it’s important that we reduce, reuse and recycle plastics whenever we can because they are made from petroleum.

Polyco says these findings show that the demand for white or transparent post-consumer HDPE products for recycling in South Africa is high. Being at the centre of promoting this economic potential, ...