US consumers play an indispensable role in plastic recycling, particularly for flexible materials that aren’t curbside recyclable. To give them a hand, the Trex Co. has developed an online, searchable ...

The Association of Plastic Recyclers, Washington, has published two testing protocols that will determine whether film packaging is compatible with the current recycling infrastructure and an ...

RecyClass, a platform created by Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) to assess the recyclability of plastic films and improve the design of packaging, carried out tests on the compatibility of the ...

Earlier this week, the Los Angeles City Council took one step closer to finalizing a plastic bag ban that is set to go into effect in 2014. The final vote is scheduled next week. Last year, when the ...

When we think of graphene, we tend to think of its use in high-profile applications such as electronics, medical devices and construction materials. Now, however, it's been incorporated into an ...

Nova Chemicals and Novolex have opened a 450,000 square foot film plastic recycling facility in Connersville, Indiana. The plant aims to recycle 145,000 bales of postconsumer film each year to create ...

Flexible packaging manufacturer Scientex Bhd, based in Malaysia, is planning investment of 300 million Malaysia ringgits ($91.4 million) over three years to expand its polyethylene and biaxially ...

CHICAGO, Sept. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Charter Next Generation (CNG), a leading provider of sustainable material science solutions, today expanded its GreenArrow™ sustainable films portfolio with the ...