The composition of materials is becoming more and more diverse. There is not just one type of plastic, instead, different ...

Panelists discuss the role of recycled content in the overall sustainability of the North American aluminum industry .

Thank you, Lyon County for your superhero efforts in 2024 with recycling and waste management. This year, we are diving into the whys and why-nots of recycling — why some items get a green light and ...

Traditional systems, which remain critical due to decades of refinement, focus on sorting by material type (NIR sensors ... 5: Focus on Lesser-Known Material Streams While recycling plastics, organic ...

The alliance aims to expand recycling access for polystyrene and drive higher recycling rates.

A 2016 behavioral economics study found that when consumers think their waste might be recycled, they worry less about the ...

— By Plasteurope.com staff — Germany’s dual-system packaging-recycling schemes revealed a mixed picture in 2023. Five of the ...

Plastics are undeniably useful materials that have found their way into virtually all human activities. However, with yearly global plastic production exceeding 400 million tons, the environmental ...