Much of the U.S. uses single-stream recycling, where plastic, glass and paper go into one bin. Here’s what happens to that ...

The amount of plastic being recycled around the world is stagnant at less than 10% with most new plastic still made from ...

Every year, some 5.6 MM tonnes (t) of plastic packaging winds up in house-hold waste in Germany after being used just once.

Of the 24% of plastic waste that is recycled, 88% is done mechanically, where it is shredded into fine flakes or melted down and then reshaped into other products. One example is the production of ...

At the recycling facility, water and soda bottles made with PET are separated from the other plastics. Then, the PET plastic bottles pass through a machine that shreds them into flakes. These flakes ...

According to market forecasts, the recycled polyethylene terephthalate market is estimated to account for USD 11.6 billion in ...

Michigan State University works on better plastics and a Lansing woman aims to take out disposable takeout containers ...

The research scientist and his team produced a solid plastic strand. First, they processed the flakes of recycled polypropylene in an industrial extruder at Fraunhofer IFAM. The material was ...

They then soaked the flakes in a bath of low-toxicity organic salt in ... When the researchers added the recycled material to nylon plastic and tested it, they found that the additional fibers made ...

As part of the climate showcase, the players wore special shooting shirts made of recycled polyester: plastic bottles which are cleaned, shredded into flakes, converted into pellets, and then spun ...

and mandates for recycled content in packaging are accelerating rPET adoption. Regions like Europe and North America have set ambitious goals for plastic circularity, creating long-term demand and ...