While polypropylene (PP) is the most versatile and easiest to recycle polymer and one of the most widely used materials in packaging for consumer goods, this packaging is not widely recycled.

IRONTON — Operating since June 2023, PureCycle Technologies in Ironton is the only facility in the world that can turn post-consumer polypropylene back into Ultra-Pure Recycled resin with virgin-like ...

Reclaimers of a variety of resins talked about broader market struggles and considered ways to grow domestic demand for PCR.

Polypropylene is once again being considered to be "widely recycled" by an on-package recycling information system that had previously downgraded the material. How2Recycle, a Sustainable Packaging ...

HOUSTON, Oct. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc., an affiliate of broad energy company TotalEnergies (NYSE: TTE), today announces its participation as a funding ...

Berry Global Group Inc. is joining a coalition designed to increase access to polypropylene recycling. The Evansville, Ind.-based plastics processor said the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition at the ...

More than 60% of U.S. households can now recycle cold to-go cups curbside A polypropylene cup is distributed into a curbside recycling bin. Polypropylene beverage cups, commonly used for cold drinks, ...

Scientists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, UC Santa Barbara and Dow have developed a breakthrough process to transform the most widely produced plastic — polyethylene (PE) — into the ...

Manchester study argues recycling terms like upcycling mislead stakeholders and hinder sustainable plastic waste management ...

As good citizens, we diligently fill the recycling bins provided by our local authorities with all manner of plastic trays, ...

Find out which things should stay out of the recycling bin by learning how to identify an item's recyclability based on its identification number. No matter how hard we try to implement plastic swaps ...