Plastic film has been notoriously difficult to recycle. The material is excluded from many curbside recycling programs because of its reputation as a “tangler,” as plastic film can get caught in ...

NOVA Chemicals has commissioned its first polyethylene (PE) film recycling facility, referred to as SYNDIGO1, located in Connersville, Indiana, US. The facility is claimed to be one of the most ...

Collaborative mechanical recycling effort designed to support “a circular economy for flexible packaging and films in the Upper Midwest.” The MBOLD effort will lead to a plant with the capacity to ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio projects the global plastic films market to post a CAGR of close to 6% during the period 2018-2022, in their latest market research report 2018. The increased demand ...

Dow and WM (formerly Waste Management) are launching a household curbside recycling program for plastic film in the US, starting with a pilot program in Hickory Hills, IL. The pilot, which will ...

WM is shuttering its plastic film recycling plant near Houston, a move the company is calling temporary while also indicating the location faces an uncertain future. The nation's largest solid waste ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global specialty plastic films market is expected to post a CAGR of over 6% during the period 2019-2023, according to the latest market research report by Technavio. A key ...

The University of Nevada, Reno campus has new drop-off bins for recycling various plastic wrappings and packaging, known as plastic films. The Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) team and their waste ...

A federal grant matched by New York state and RIT is enabling university researchers to study a competitive solution to polyethylene mulch and identify a more sustainable alternative to conventionally ...

AEP Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: AEPI) today announced the close of its $99.2 million cash acquisition of the assets of Plastic Films, a division of Atlantis Plastics Inc.AEP Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: AEPI ...

As a crucial agricultural yield-increasing technique in arid and semi-arid regions, plastic film mulching (PFM) has significantly enhanced crop yield and quality by increasing soil temperature, ...