Plastic bottle recycling grew 97 million pounds in 2014, increasing 3.3 percent to top 3 billion pounds, according to figures released jointly by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) and the ...

As Plastics News marks its 25th year of publication, we take a year-by-year look back at some of the events, people and curious coincidences that have shown up its its pages. We wrap things up today ...

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Around the world, almost 1 million plastic bottles are purchased every minute. As the environmental impact of that tide of plastic becomes a growing political issue, major packaged goods sellers and ...

On the financial side, 2014 was good for Hexcel Corp., so-so for Celanese Corp. and it could have been better for Omnova Solutions. All three publicly held plastics firms recently reported their ...

The American Chemistry Council’s Plastics Division is accepting nominations for its 2014 Awards for Innovation in Plastics Recycling. The event recognizes North American companies, individuals and ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Plastic Packaging (Rigid Plastic Packaging and Flexible Plastic Packaging) Market 2014 - 2020" report to their offering ...

"These corporations and their partners continue to sell the public a comforting lie to hide the hard truth: that we simply ...

A newly released study by scientific researchers finds that the problem of plastic in the ocean is worse than previously believed. The new highly extensive study published last month found that 5.25 ...

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste crisis. Learn what you can do to reduce your own single-use plastics. Read this story ...