The Rack’n Pak Recycle Bagging System has aided in recycling 220 million pounds of plastic film, the company says. According to Polywrap Recycling, the Rack’n Pak system is designed to be lightweight, ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Hefty Recycling Bags aren't recyclable; that's the nub of a federal class action lawsuit filed Friday in San Francisco against Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. and an affiliate, the ...

image: MIT engineers have developed self-cooling fabrics from polyethylene, commonly used in plastic bags. They estimate that the new fabric may be more sustainable than cotton and other common ...

Flexible-packaging supplier Emerald Packaging and produce grower D’Arrigo California partnered to launch a 30% post-consumer recycled (PCR) low-density polyethylene (LDPE) bag for Andy Boy brand ...

Only a small percentage of plastic bags and other polyethylene packaging is recycled because only low-value products can be made from this waste. Chemists have created a catalytic process that ...

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has announced that LyondellBasell, with U.S. headquarters in Houston, has joined the Flexible Film Recycling Group (FFRG), a collaboration working to double the ...

NOVA Chemicals Corporation (Borouge International)1, today announced that SYNDIGO1, the company's polyethylene mechanical recycling facility in Connersville, Ind., earned the Association of Plastic ...

Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that residents could bring No. 7 plastics to the city's recycling drop-off center on Mt. Wayte Street. That is not the case.

UB researchers have published a journal article quantifying the unintended consequences of New York State’s Plastic Bag Waste Reduction Law and ways to address those consequences. The aim of the study ...