In addition to the Flexibles Program, the Alliance is also developing Country-Specific Programs in Brazil, Indonesia, India, South Africa, and in states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Country ...

GR3N's breakthrough new process to address current hard to recycle PET waste while meeting virgin-like quality Schneider Electric's software-defined automation system enabling operational agility to ...

Researchers in Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Department of Chemical Engineering and at the University of Akron have published research in Chemical Engineering Journal about a new technology that ...

Competitiveness will be driven by efficiency, innovation, and collaboration. By embracing lean principles, investing in technology, and forging ...

Speakers at the Paper and Plastics Recycling Conference in Chicago discussed plastic film recycling initiatives and roadblocks. From left to right: Scott Fidler, manager of commercial recycling ...

“Microplastic particles are currently found almost everywhere – in water, food, fish, and even breast milk,” says Artūras Torkelis, a PhD student at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU). He ...

One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and those variations in composition necessitate sorting out waste before ...

Addressing plastic pollution isn’t easy, especially when it comes to electronics plastics, but Synergy Electronics Recycling (SER), an end-of-life electronics recycler headquartered in Madison, North ...

The statistics around plastic recycling are absolutely devastating. In 2024, only 9% of plastic waste was recycled globally, while 91% of plastic waste is believed to not be recycled. Even worse, the ...

New process converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled into higher value materials. Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern ...

The use of plastic has skyrocketed over the past decade. Recent statistics reveal that in 2021, each person in the European Union (EU) generated an average of 36 kg of plastic packaging waste.