As Gen Z grows in the workforce, young leaders are proving that purpose driven innovation can tackle major challenges like plastic waste and sustainability.
In this week’s Material Insights, Plastics News senior reporter Frank Esposito reviews recent price movements in key commodity resins and warns that polyethylene could soon break its recent flat ...
Of the 100,961 tonnes of collected waste, 14,504 tonnes are plastic. Project Stop has stopped almost 83,000 tonnes of waste from being leaked in the environment, of which 12,053 tonnes are plastic.
In this week’s Material Insights, Frank Esposito reports that polystyrene is joining PVC and several engineering thermoplastics all moving higher to start 2026. He links the increases to seasonal ...
In 2025, recycled material represented just 5% of total flexible packaging production but Decree 12.688 requires plastic packaging to contain at least 22% recycled content from 2026.
The move comes as Agilyx shifts its focus towards Europe's chemical recycling market ...
Jabil Inc. plans to wind down manufacturing at the historic Clinton, Mass., campus that once served as the headquarters of ...
The proposal seeks to cover all PFAS and all uses across the EU and European Economic Area, in what could become one of the ...
The investment firm purchased Ada, Ohio-based Associated Plastics Corp., adding a 150,000-square-foot injection molding ...
The Streamwood, Ill., facility has injection molding of thermoplastic and rubber for bearings and seals.
In this week’s Material Insights, Frank Esposito reports that polystyrene is joining PVC and several engineering thermoplastics all moving higher to start 2026. He links the increases to seasonal ...