New Jersey is granting more time to include recycled plastics in food-contact packaging. Not everybody is happy about that.

Société Bic SA is preparing to scale a recycling system for disposable lighters and expand the technology to pens and other plastic products.

Under its new strategy, the Alliance has moved away from a model that saw it support dozens of standalone projects across a large number of countries, instead concentrating funding and technical ...

A federal court ruling upholding Oregon’s packaging EPR law could strengthen similar programs nationwide as legal battles continue in California and other states.

In the Sept. 17 , Sustainable Plastics editor Beatriz Santos will examine the latest implementation of the European Union’s ...

In this week’s Material Insights, Special Projects Editor Jordan Vitick explains why recycled HDPE prices fell for a third ...

France collected just 58.3% of plastic beverage bottles in 2024, far from the 80% threshold for qualifying for a DRS exemption under the PPWR.

The 50,000 tonnes/year recycling plant increases plastics recycling capacity by 50% in Finland, a country which still relies heavily on incineration with energy recovery to manage its plastics waste.

Shell Chemical is paying $15 million to settle an investigation into air pollution violations from its large polyethylene resin manufacturing complex in Beaver County, Pa.

European plastics industry associations have renewed their call for urgent measures to protect the region’s plastics ...

RealTruck plans to close Rugged Liner’s longtime Owosso, Mich., operations in March 2027, eliminating 90 jobs at the truck accessories manufacturer.

The new guidance confirms that businesses will have to use a fuel-exempt mass balance allocation method, following the lead ...