Thermochemical recycling can replace fossil raw materials, researchers find

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have demonstrated that the carbon atoms in mixed waste can replace all fossil raw materials in the production of new plastic

Plastic waste set to triple by 2060

The amount of plastic waste produced globally is on track to almost triple by 2060, with around half ending up in landfill and less than a fifth recycled, according to a new OECD report

The federal government’s zero plastic waste policy is a step in the wrong direction

MEI says the policy will hurt the economy without any guarantee of helping the environment

Recycled resins produced for automotive manufacturing

Maip Compounding is releasing a family of compounds for automotive resin manufacturing based on Eastman's molecular recycling technologies

Alberta funds gas-from-plastic project

NOVA Chemicals Corporation and Enerkem Inc. have received funding of $4.5 million from Alberta Innovates. The funding, provided through Alberta Innovates’ Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) Economic Recovery…

Here’s how the new global treaty on plastic pollution can help solve this crisis

The first treaty on plastic needs to include quantitative targets and binding measures that facilitate a circular economy

Last20 to test plastic-infused asphalt in New York

Last20, a Canadian social enterprise, will partner with the Yonkers Department of Public Works to test asphalt made with recycled plastics

Nigeria’s plastic pollution is harming the environment: Steps to combat it are overdue

Compared to other developing countries such as Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania, Nigeria's commitments to combating plastic pollution are far below average

Molson Coors moving to cardboard packaging

Coors Light will eliminate plastic rings from its packaging where Molson Coors owns brewing operations

Canada leads in creating binding global plastics pact

more than 170 countries will deliberate over the launch of a process to develop a new global agreement on plastic pollution