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Two industry groups release reports on flexible plastic waste solutions targeting North America and European markets ...

HOUSTON, Tex.—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business that's failed three fire safety inspections and has yet to gain state approval to store plastic, workers quickly closed a ...

The global plastic crisis has long been a ticking time bomb, but now, it seems, a revolution is underway. One company, Corsair Group International, is rewriting the narrative of waste management with ...

ThinkCircularity initially focuses on plastic recycling. Each ThinkTop contains 500 grams of plastic, and the pilot project ...

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Recycling plastic may soon become far more efficient. Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a nickel-based ...

A collaborative effort in Houston to collect all types of plastic has created stockpiles awaiting the ramping up of end markets, according to an investigation. When it was formed, the Houston ...

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A green accounting method called “mass balance” certifies that something was manufactured with recycled plastic — just not necessarily much of the bottle making the claim. By Julie Creswell and Hiroko ...

The disclosure provides a clearer view of how future regulation is likely to affect packaging design, recycled content ...