As Gen Z grows in the workforce, young leaders are proving that purpose driven innovation can tackle major challenges like plastic waste and sustainability.

In this week’s Material Insights, Plastics News senior reporter Frank Esposito reviews recent price movements in key commodity resins and warns that polyethylene could soon break its recent flat ...

Of the 100,961 tonnes of collected waste, 14,504 tonnes are plastic. Project Stop has stopped almost 83,000 tonnes of waste from being leaked in the environment, of which 12,053 tonnes are plastic.

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 ...

Plastics firms are lining up in court to seek tariff refunds, in the wake of the Supreme Court striking down President Donald Trump's IEEPA duties.

The announcement ends a plan announced in September 2025 that would have seen Advent paying $1.4 billion for the Lanxess share in Envalior.

Jabil Inc. plans to wind down manufacturing at the historic Clinton, Mass., campus that once served as the headquarters of ...

Exhibitors preparing for NPE2027 say they remain optimistic about the plastics industry’s largest North American trade show while navigating tariffs, shifting supply chains and mixed demand across ...

Myers Industries says demand is rising for its plastic ammunition containers as militaries rebuild stockpiles, even as overall sales remained flat amid mixed conditions in its end markets.

In 2025, recycled material represented just 5% of total flexible packaging production but Decree 12.688 requires plastic packaging to contain at least 22% recycled content from 2026.

The move comes as Agilyx shifts its focus towards Europe's chemical recycling market ...