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 ...

Acquisition of two Spanish recycling companies will allow Alpla to increase volume of postconsumer recycled material in packaging. Alpla will process more postconsumer material for packaging with ...

A barrier solution that "alleviates concerns about multilayered packaging" has now been officially recognized by both the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) in the U.S. and Plastics Recyclers ...

Lindner washTech GmbH will show its technology for washing and drying shredded post-consumer plastic, at its NPE 2015 Booth S26189. The company has supplied a washing system for Cedar Poly LLC of ...

Plastic trash is a problem. In the USA, each person produces an average of 100kg of plastic waste per year. Single-use ...

For the fifteenth consecutive year, the total pounds of plastic bottles recycled grew in the U.S., reaching a record 1.9 billion lb, but demand for recycled plastic still outpaces consumer ...

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Procter & Gamble Oral Care unveils its newest packaging innovation across its leading toothpaste brands, Crest, Oral-B and Blend-a-med. This announcement increases ...

The team converted would-be trash into recyclable treasure. Plastics are incredible materials with properties invaluable to the functioning of our modern world. They are strong, flexible, versatile, ...

Three firms team up to make lighter HDPE bottles using injection stretch blow molding with special copolymer additive.