Fortum Corp., a Finland-based clean energy company, announced just before K 2019 that it was bringing to market a plastic compound made out of recycled plastic and natural cellulose fiber, called ...

When it comes to recycling, popularity is everything. Consider the plight of polypropylene (PP), a neglected polymer when compared to more highly recycled polymer brethren polyethylene terephthalate ...

Wayne, Pennsylvania-based TekniPlex Consumer Products says it has obtained International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) Plus certification for its plastic packaging manufacturing ...

Prevented Ocean Plastic, in collaboration with industry partners, has unveiled the first food-safe recycled polypropylene (PP) that meets European food safety standards. Polypropylene is widely used ...

U.S.-based recycling specialist PureCycle Technologies LLC has completed a pilot project to recycle polypropylene carpet into ultra-pure recycled polypropylene (UPRP) resin, using its proprietary ...

Look out No. 5. That’s right, the nonprofit Recycling Partnership is talking to you polypropylene, aka No. 5 plastic. Turn over a yogurt container or butter tub and you’re likely to see the No. 5 mark ...

A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics that dominate the waste stream today and turn them into hydrocarbon building blocks for new plastics. The catalytic process, developed at the ...

A market research firm predicts that the global recycled plastic market will reach $141.9 billion in value by 2032. Allied Market Research announced their research in a Monday press release, ...