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 ...

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP) have developed a new method for recycling high-density polyethylene (HDPE).

Austrian packaging and recycling company ALPLA has secured government funding in the Netherlands and set up a new recycling business there, trialling a patented solvent-based technology to produce ...

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.

Gainesville, Texas-based Petroflex North America LLC is turning scrap from its high density polyethylene conduit extrusion operation into artificial reefs for fish in Lake Conroe near Houston with ...

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, ...

The Ohio-based company credits its Vertix plastic recycling business unit for part of its success. Axium says its works in coordination with five MRF operating partners that supply it with material to ...

Austria-based packaging company says it now operates 13 PET and HDPE plastic recycling facilities in nine countries. Alpla says its facility under construction in Thailand, set to open this year, “is ...

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.