Plastic collected by The Ocean Cleanup to be used in Kia cars

Kia plans to use recycled plastic from a 55-ton haul recently reclaimed from the Pacific Ocean in its new EV models

Recycled items with a backstory are more appealing, research finds

Customers are more likely to buy upcycled and recycled items if they know the product’s origin, finds new research from Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU)

Enviro-Log opening new plant in Arizona

Enviro-Log Company is opening a new recycling and manufacturing facility in Glendale, Arizona this summer.  The new facility will be dedicated to recycling waxed cardboard boxes (WOCC) and manufacturing…

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

Ontario municipality using recycled materials for road

Ontario's Durham Region is using recycled materials to rebuild a portion of road

Feds seek input on recycled content rules

The federal government has opened consultations on the development of new regulations to set minimum percentage recycled content requirements

Supermarket paves using recycled bags

Supermarket chain Meijer has been trying a recycled polymer modified asphalt (RPMA) parking lot at its supercentre store in Holland, Michigan

Research aims to help validate content claims

The use and verification of recycled content is still in its infancy and varies between resin types and product sectors

Wastequip to reduce virgin resin by a quarter

Program commits to reducing virgin resin in the company’s entire cart manufacturing operation by 25 percent

Polystyvert to build full-scale plant

Funding round will allow it to develop a full-scale polystyrene recycling plant