North American resin markets have swung sharply back in buyers' favor—Polymer Points explains why prices are falling, what it means for virgin and recycled resins, and whether producers can make the ...

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 ...

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

Ireland-based Mergon Group marks 45 years with a new CEO and the acquisition of Inmo Tech, accelerating its push into ...

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 ...

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

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

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" ...

Falcon Plastics is saving $255,000 a year with an automated molding and assembly cell, one of several processor-developed ...