The rapid expansion of AI data centers is creating new growth opportunities for plastics compounders, driving demand for materials that offer thermal, electrical and heat resistance.

Silgan's $3.4 billion Trivium deal creates a path to eventually separate its metal packaging operations while giving the ...

In this week’s Material Insights, Frank Esposito reports that polystyrene is joining PVC and several engineering thermoplastics all moving higher to start 2026. He links the increases to seasonal ...

Germany’s proposed €550 per tonne plastic packaging tax is facing opposition within the governing coalition, as a newly available draft reveals details about costs and potential tax relief for ...

Brightmark Plastics Renewal LLC has temporarily suspended plastics-to-fuel processing at its Ashley, Ind., facility while it reevaluates the plant’s technology, operations and long-term strategy, ...

Some companies and a plastic recycling trade group are saying that California's EPR program needs stronger signals to shift ...

In this week’s Material Insights, Plastics News senior reporter Frank Esposito discusses the September increase of North ...

Midterm election results could have their biggest plastics policy impact in statehouses, where changes in party control could ...

Niagara Bottling plans to test an enzymatic PET recycling process alongside mechanical recycling at its Vernon, Calif., plant ...

Loop Industries is reducing the planned capacity of its first India PET recycling plant by 36 percent as it works to lower ...

Sealed Air is adding polyethylene foam extrusion capacity at its Madera, Calif., plant and hiring workers as demand grows ...

The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case challenging the government's designation of plastic items as "toxic" ...