The Gardner Business Index (GBI) for August shows plastics processing is still contracting overall, and contracted slightly ...

There are few more villainous products in the eyes of hardcore environmentalists than plastics.

Exxon's Houston-area advanced recycling facility took center stage in California AG's lawsuit that alleged the company misled ...

In a move even more enticing than the satisfying pop of those tiny plastic bubbles, the initiative makes it simple for ...

Plastic is a fast-growing segment of U.S. municipal solid waste, and most of it ends up in the environment. Just 9% of ...

Basler Plastics will close its facility by year's end, the company says, citing "changing business needs" as the reason for ...

So how worried should you be about the plastic cradling your next meal? Is it safe? The answer depends on multiple factors, ...

California is suing ExxonMobil for allegedly deceiving the public for half a century by promising that recycling would ...

Turning some of it into fuel, as a Michigan facility plans to do, is labeled as “recycling,” but it may be worse for the ...

The state led the nation in 2014 by banning single-use plastic bags, but a loophole actually led to more plastic waste.

There is no denying that plastics have delivered tremendous benefits over the past century, driving technological innovation, ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store check outs, including the thicker, "reusable" bags that stores switched to following a previous ban.