Addressing the issues around plastic recycling requires engaging consumers to reduce waste and recycle while implementing policies that make domestic recycled materials economically viable.

Neste has processed liquefied waste plastic (e.g. pyrolysis oil) since 2020. The construction of the new upgrading facility and its integration to the existing oil refinery began in 2023 and was ...

The global plastic crisis has long been a ticking time bomb, but now, it seems, a revolution is underway. One company, Corsair Group International, is rewriting the narrative of waste management with ...

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), Washington, has formed the Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA), a collaborative effort designed to unite the polystyrene (PS) and expandable polystyrene ...

Entrepreneur Charlie Rudkin-Wilson recycles household plastic into homewares that have featured in Vogue. Rudkin-Wilson wants to "change the perception of plastic waste and to make it seem like a ...

Plastic Back has partnered with a U.S.-based recycler to scale its innovative low-temperature chemical recycling technology, which converts hard-to-recycle plastics like PVC into valuable byproducts.

Some items you can recycle in one city may be prohibited in another. Batteries, plastic bags, small appliances, and more may ...

Since China’s 2018 ban on the import of most plastic waste for recycling, Japan has faced a major challenge. Prior to the ban, the country was shipping nearly half of its roughly 1.5 million tonnes of ...