At last, there has been a clear signal from the EU authorities that our industry needs and deserves helpful intervention.
02/18/26 BIR.org

Against a backdrop of rising imports, weaker demand, pricing competition and tariff confusion, an unprecedented number of PET reclaimers closed in 2025, teeing up emphasis on policy solutions.
01/29/26 Packaging Dive

Plastics Division board members say an estimated 1 million tons of recycling capacity will be lost by the end of this year across Europe, Asia and the U.S., with the continued flow of inexpensive virgin resin serving as a primary cause.
10/24/25 Recycling Today

The report, authored by the International Bottled Water Association, says bottled water’s total consumption value in 2024 was 16.4 billion gallons, with a growth rate of 2.9 percent.
05/23/25 Recycling Today

American Beverage is celebrating significant improvements to America’s recycling infrastructure through the industry-leading initiative, Every Bottle Back. Member companies are carefully designing plastic bottles and aluminum cans to be 100% recyclable, and through this effort they’re working together to get them back so they can be remade into new containers, right here in America.
04/24/25 Waste Advanage Magazine

One of the most expensive misuses of local taxpayer dollars in the U.S. is the amount of money spent disposing of recyclable beverage containers in landfills every year.
03/20/25 Capitol Weekly

California Governor Gavin Newsom has told state regulators to go back to the drawing board on sweeping rules that would drastically reduce single-use plastics, citing concerns over the measure's cost.
03/10/25 Bloomberg

Several states have late summer ends to their legislative sessions, including New Hampshire, Massachusetts and California, and in the final days several recycling related bills passed.
03/03/25 Resource Recycling

2023 U.S. PET Bottle Recycling Rate Reaches Highest Level in Decades; Recycled PET Content in U.S. Bottles Reaches Highest Level Ever.
03/03/25 Waste Advantage

Data from the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) show the United States rewrote its own record in regard to plastic scrap imports last year, led by polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
02/28/25 Recycling Today

Faced with elevated energy prices and escalating bale shortages, 2022 could be a critical year in the long-term development of Europe's plastics recycling industry, reports Egor Dementev
09/27/22 Eco-Plastics in Packaging

We have been bombarded with stories about how bad plastics are. The problem is that these stories do not come from professional scientists. Instead, they come from other, less credible sources. How concerned should we be about plastics? The only way to be sure is to look at the evidence…
09/27/22 Chris Dearmitt

How public policy and investment in post-consumer plastic collection and processing can help to meet sustainability ambitions. Recycling is an essential part of building a more sustainable world. When recycling works, it creates a circular economy, one where products and packaging come back to be made into new products.
09/27/22 APR

The business recycles empty containers but when one container was cut open gas escaped and was inhaled by seven workers
09/27/22 AP

Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) published a new study. According to this study, GHG emissions (greenhouse gas emissions) are nine times higher than that of mechanical recycling. Greenhouse gas emissions come from pyrolysis of plastic packaging which is an essential part of chemical recycling technologies.
09/22/22 GLOBUC

Some would have you believe plastic recycling is a myth when in truth American companies recycle 4.8 billion pounds of plastic every year.
09/19/22 Recycling Today

Our second annual Top 100 illustrates that plastics is an important part of the global scrap scene. The 2022 list contains 17 innovative plastics recyclers – and two rubber specialists. Here are ten examples!
08/12/22 Recycling International

California has recently experienced a significant drop in recycled PET pricing, joining other parts of the country in the downturn.
08/05/22 Plastics News