PVC and polyethylene pipe producers are boosting recycling efforts, with Return Polymers launching operations near Dallas and Advanced Drainage Systems expanding in Georgia. These initiatives aim to ...

The Environmental Protection Agency's tentative decision in mid-January not to regulate PVC as a hazardous substance has prompted a spirited back-and-forth over whether it was the right move. Many ...

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A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected ...

1. Inefficient recycling plants During important processes like cleaning, fragments of plastic are lost as microplastics.