Have you ever noticed the special trash bins at medical offices or hospitals? They’re actually specialized receptacles called biohazard waste containers, and they allow for safe disposal of specific ...

COVID-19 impacts are disrupting domestic recycled PET supplies at a time when the market is clamoring for more of the material. PET bottle recycling slipped in 2020 to 26.6 percent in the United ...

The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), based in Charlotte, North Carolina, has released a life cycle assessment (LCA) comparing polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, glass ...

Recycling is about to get greener in central Ohio, thanks to artificial intelligence. "Rumpke is berry egg-cited to announce that clamshell plastic containers are now recyclable," Rumpke Waste & ...

The pilot program, with locations at four Sam’s Clubs in El Paso, Texas, gives consumers cash incentives for recycling PET thermoformed containers. Karina Araujo, marketing manager of Texan by Nature, ...

Charles Kraft, R.N., a Senior Consultant at Cardinal Health, shares practical approaches for identifying efficiencies and savings opportunities in your hazardous waste container program. Kraft ...

Plastipak Holdings Inc. is striking a new deal with an Italian company to bring a PET chemical recycling process to market globally. The Plymouth, Mich.-based company is already known for its ...

In relation to the plastics, chemical recycling breaks down PET’s long polymer chains into individual units called monomers ...