Aduro, ECOCE collaborate to advance flexible plastic packaging in Mexcio

ECOCE and Aduro will evaluate the application of HCT on postconsumer flexible plastic packaging from Mexico.

Tomra plastics recycling joint venture opens in Norway

The facility, Områ, is capable of processing 90,000 tons of material per year.

BIR Convention: Suggested trade measure called unhelpful by plastics recyclers

As Europe’s plastic recyclers and reprocessors struggle to stay in business, one company owner says imported material into Europe is not the problem.

A two-ram baler with a precompression lid met the needs of Recycling Services of Florida.

Mission accepted: Demonstrating the power of recycling

Eureka Recycling has been on the forefront of mission-based recycling since its founding in 2001 and is using its work in Minnesota to help build a blueprint for a sustainable global community.

Making sense of struggling markets

A panel at October’s Paper and Plastics Recycling Conference in Chicago discussed the causes of market turmoil and potential solutions.

Newsworthy

Recent news from the various sectors of the recycling industry from our November 2025 issue.

D6 recognized as self-attested REM under Oregon’s EPR program

The plastics recycler and packaging producer says it is the first tray-to-tray self-attested responsible end market in the state.

Scaling a community-driven circular economy

Goodwill purchased a Rotogran size reduction system complete with a granulator, feed conveyor and evacuation system that is expected to divert more than 600,000 pounds of plastic per year that otherwise would be landfilled.

BIR reports highlight global struggles for plastic recyclers

Plastics Division board members say an estimated 1 million tons of recycling capacity will be lost by the end of this year across Europe, Asia and the U.S., with the continued flow of inexpensive virgin resin serving as a primary cause.

PPRC 2025: Making sense of struggling plastics markets

At the yearly event in Chicago, industry experts discussed issues affecting recycled resin markets and potential opportunities.