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Study Claims US Plastic Recycling Rate is Plunging

The Plastic Pollution Coalition, Berkeley, California, has published a report contending the recycling rate for plastic in the United States is plummeting. Author Jan Dell, who the coalition describes as a chemical engineer, used United States Environmental Protection...

Study Finds Plastic Waste Triggers Coral Reef Diseases

Plastics waste is triggering disease outbreaks in coral reefs in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new study. Lead author Joleah Lamb said the study examined more than 120,000 corals, both plastics-free and with plastics present, on 159 reefs in waters off...

Post-Industrial Recycler SPS Expanding in Indiana

A plastics recycler is opening a new $5 million location in Indiana that expects to eventually handle about 20 million pounds of material each year. SPS Plastics LLC specializes in processing scrap plastics from Tier 1 automotive molders and now has seven locations...

Innovators’ Den

Omnidegradable Packaging – The only shelf-stable, fully biodegradable packaging in existence, patent pending, Omnidegradable packaging can biodegrade in any environment in a fraction of the time it takes conventional plastics to decompose. Imagine reusable landfills...