Jim Johnson

The Flexible Films Recycling Alliance hopes to boost the recovery of post-consumer films, which has an abysmal recycling rate.

PureCycle Technologies Inc. recently leased a location in Pennsylvania to sort used polypropylene that's being sent to the company's chemical recycling facility in Ohio.

The accomplishment comes ahead of plans to begin production in Michigan in early 2025.

New statistics released by the National Association for PET Container Resources indicate the recycling rate was 33 percent, up from 29 percent in 2022.

Environmental groups are complaining that the beverage giant allegedly backed away from reusable packaging goals.

Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. expects to raise about $4 million through the stock offering.

The Italy-based compounder and recycler expects to spend a total of 30 million euros on separate projects to expand in both the United States and India.

California is going after ExxonMobil Corp. in a both-barrels-blazing lawsuit, attempting to lay the problems with plastics and plastics recycling at the oil giant's feet.

The petrochemical company pushed back against California Attorney General Rob Bonta's claims, saying the problem with plastics recycling lies at government's feet.

California is suing ExxonMobil Corp., alleging the company has misled the public about plastics recycling for decades.

After years of struggling and a decade in decline, the plastic food container and consumer products maker seeks court help under the weight of a heavy debt load.

The polypropylene recycling company is helping divert and recycle yard signs after elections.

GDB International is taking control of the shuttered plant in Rogers, Minn., with plans to give the facility a second chance.

The PET Recycling Coalition has provided more than $5 million to help boost PET recycling rates during the past two years, but the effort, part of The Recycling Partnership, needs much more funding.