Macroeconomic trends, including cooling inflation and continued commodity headwinds, are expected to impact the industry.

Helping organizations protect data, meet regulatory requirements, and simplify e-waste disposal with responsible ...

Waste management has evolved from a linear model of “take–make–dispose” to a more sustainable framework predicated on reduction, reuse and recycling within a circular economy. Contemporary strategies ...

The U.S. Plastics Pact (USPP) recently released a position paper outlining the role of physical and chemical recycling in a circular economy, offering what it says is science-based, consensus-driven ...

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

2025 was not a good year for recycling markets. Prices went down for everything in your bin. The only real difference is how ...

The Global Recycling Foundation is issuing a reminder about the value of discarded resources and their embedded energy to mark the start of COP30, the UN’s climate change conference in Brazil. “Waste ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Just 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled. Due to waste mismanagement, nearly three-quarters of it ends up in landfills or the environment. So how can plastic recycling be more ...

A group of nonprofit municipal recycling facilities are urging states to keep flexible plastics and films out of curbside recycling programs, as those states start to implement packaging EPR laws. An ...

Figuring out what should go into your curbside waste bins is hardly straightforward. Consider your single-use coffee cup — the one holding the latte you’re going to drink as you drive to work. Wrong.

WM is shuttering its plastic film recycling plant near Houston, a move the company is calling temporary while also indicating the location faces an uncertain future. The nation's largest solid waste ...