This is the first program of its kind. Company launches groundbreaking program to turn construction-site waste into durable ...

Mechanical recycling has long been used to recycle plastics. But by simply shredding and melting post-consumer waste into new pellets, its scale is limited — the process weakens the plastic over ...

That explains the excitement around a chemical plant that will start commercial operations this year in northeast England. In ...

Narrator: This isn't really recycling; it's upcycling ... which is the base material for many plastic products. These PET pellets are then sold to bottling and packaging companies.

This stage is crucial, as it determines the quality of the final product produced through the recycling process. The journey of the plastic pellets doesn’t end at the Sameer plant. They are ...

The unintentional release of pellets can occur at any stage of their handling. From production, storage, transportation and final conversion into a final plastic product, and recycling waste ...

The Idaho Statesman reached out to Albertsons, Fred Meyer, Walmart and WinCo to learn more about their store-front recycling efforts.

A big attempt by the plastics industry to offer its own recycling and pollution legislation in Congress as an alternative to the Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act continues to be a slow climb.

then shredding the plastic into small pellets. "We've got employees that are basically refinery operators," plant manager Jason Sasse added. "So they take the plastic pellet and they convert that ...

A view of the cogeneration plant operated by the University of North Carolina, located a half-mile from the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News This story originally ...