Chemists at Argonne National Laboratory in DuPage County have worked out a new way to recycle certain plastics infinitely, a discovery that could change the way we recycle containers like those used ...

Plastics recycler Envision Plastics is increasing production capacity of the company's EcoPrime brand of food-grade high density polyethylene by 50 percent through a multimillion-dollar expansion.

Recycled high density polyethylene pellet prices decreased in the second quarter of 2025 — typically a time of year when sources expect an increase. Multiple factors, including slumping construction ...

Total, a France-based petrochemical company, has introduced a range of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) circular compounds with high levels of recycled content, which it will make available to its ...

During the 2011 Waste Expo, held May 9-12 in Dallas, attendees at a session entitled “Plastics Recycling Markets: Room for Growth” heard about how demand for many post consumer plastics grades is much ...

The team converted would-be trash into recyclable treasure. Plastics are incredible materials with properties invaluable to the functioning of our modern world. They are strong, flexible, versatile, ...

Inside the GreenWaste San Jose Material Recovery Facility, both human and mechanical hands work to separate the pieces of ink-stained paper, dented multi-colored plastic and crushed metal that can be ...