At the Republic Services Recycling Center on Cole Road, waste whirs on a conveyor belt past workers who scramble to pull contaminants off the line. Trash goes in barrels at the workers’ sides, and ...

Barry Friesen remembers the days when plastic wasn’t used on farms. “One of my first summer jobs was working as a farm hand on a dairy farm,” he recalls. “It would take a team of workers six weeks to ...

Facility shutdowns and changing demand patterns create new dynamics in recycled PET, PE, and PP resin markets this month.

Suppliers and producers of recycled-content plastic face challenges involving uneven scrap supplies and shifting global demand, according to London-based ICIS. Intensifying legislative and consumer ...