Chemists at Argonne National Laboratory in DuPage County have worked out a new way to recycle certain plastics infinitely, a discovery that could change the way we recycle containers like those used ...

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, almost 94 tons of municipal solid waste were recycled and composed in 2018 – about 32%. But there's also the looming issue of contamination, rendering ...

Plastics recycler Envision Plastics is increasing production capacity of the company's EcoPrime brand of food-grade high density polyethylene by 50 percent through a multimillion-dollar expansion.

The recycling symbol on that container doesn't necessarily mean it can go in your curbside bin. Here's how to decode those plastic recycling numbers.

During the 2011 Waste Expo, held May 9-12 in Dallas, attendees at a session entitled “Plastics Recycling Markets: Room for Growth” heard about how demand for many post consumer plastics grades is much ...

The team converted would-be trash into recyclable treasure. Plastics are incredible materials with properties invaluable to the functioning of our modern world. They are strong, flexible, versatile, ...

Prices for recycled high density polyethylene pellets have declined the past couple months in North America. Prices for mixed-color post-consumer pellets and mixed-color post-industrial pellets have ...