Recycle dark-coloured tubs and trays Black plastic not being recyclable is largely a thing of the past. Most manufacturers now use a non-carbon type of black so optical sorters can detect it, or have ...

Clearpoint Recycling, a recycling and waste management company based in England, has announced a contract with London-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycler Enviroo. The contract requires ...

In 2022, The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change had notified the Guidelines for Extended Producer Responsibility on plastic packaging. The targets on use of recycled plastic ...

The possibilities for material design and production of plastic components are being expanded through 3D printing technology. However, there is a shortage of recyclable polymers that meet the ...

But they’re extremely difficult to recycle, and millions of tonnes end up in landfill, or incinerated into the atmosphere, each year. Now a team of researchers has made a plastic which boasts the ...

The number of times PET can be recycled depends on how the plastic is treated as it goes through the recycling system. It's harder to keep the plastic in good condition in the yellow bin because ...

PETValue Philippines, the country’s first bottle-to-bottle, food-grade recycling facility in General Trias City, Cavite said it recycled its first 1 billion PET bottles. This milestone ...

Most beverage bottles are made from fully recyclable PET plastic, while most plastic bottle caps are made from softer HDPE plastic, which breaks down with recycling.

Headlines make it seem like all plastic recycling is a doomed endeavor — but is that the complete picture? Not exactly.