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

Flex plans to put more money into healthcare after its 2027 spinoff, potentially expanding a plastics operation that includes ...

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 ...

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

After more than 40 years of family ownership, thermoformer LidWorks is selling to an investment firm already involved in the plastics industry.

Southern Illinois University researchers are using microbes to convert carbon from PET and agricultural waste into food ingredients for protein-rich cookies that could one day be produced in space.

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.

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.

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.

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

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