Category: Plastics Recycling Update

Editor’s Take: Why the Green Guides matter (and don’t) After Keurig Green Mountain reached a class-action settlement in a case concerning the company’s K-Cup recyclability

Certifier debuts electronics recycled-content certification Environmental and sustainability certifier SCS Global Services launched a recycled-content certification for the electrical and electronic equipment industries that verifies

Study: Reclaimers discharge ample microplastics Research from the UK found that plastic recycling facilities are discharging microplastics into water systems and suggested both further research

Hundreds comment on Green Guides updates The Federal Trade Commission requested comments on its revisions to the Green Guides and got 850 responses, with many

Petrochem company sets recycled resin goal for PE NOVA Chemicals is looking to increase the amount of recycled PE it sells, improve its mechanical recycling

California to double its PET bottle collection subsidy California regulators will double the subsidy paid to PET recycling companies, citing the lower prices that bottle

MIT, brands study strategy for sorting small plastics Five brands have partnered with a nonprofit and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to find a way

Federal report targets recycling innovations The federal government is eyeing plastics recycling to tackle energy, environmental and manufacturing goals and the Department of Energy recently

Tangent unveils new recycled HDPE lumber finish A major producer of recycled HDPE lumber has rolled out a product with a seashell-inspired wood grain pattern.