The scheme aims to eventually install 2,500 reverse vending machines and 8,000 return points to reach a 90% collection rate by 2029, as mandated by the EU’s Single Use Plastics Directive (SUPD).

Researchers at the University of Buffalo took a deep dive into factors that impact plastics recycling in the contiguous United States.

Pyrolysis equipment for waste plastics is being delivered to Clean Vision Inc.'s location in West Virginia later this month.

The new plant in the Port of Rotterdam will have a planned capacity to process 80,000 tonnes a year of post-consumer plastic, ...

A Trump administration change to metals tariff rules puts plastic injection molding machines and some molds into a lower ...

North American prices for polypropylene, suspension PVC and polystyrene rose in March as supply constraints, higher feedstock ...

I didn’t think [increases] would be this widespread this quickly,” one market source said. “It’s affecting all [resin] ...

Under oxygen-free conditions, UV irradiation generates reactive species in the solvent that initiate the breakdown of the ...

The head of one of the plastics industry's main advocacy groups in Washington is holding out some cautious hope for more ...

A would-be engineer turned finance leader, Steven Bender helped transform Westlake through disciplined growth and strategic deals — and now caps his career as Plastics News’ 2026 CFO of the Year.