Over 3 million tons (2.7 metric tons) of plastic bags, sacks and wraps in the United States went to landfills in 2018, ...

Plastic film has been notoriously difficult to recycle. The material is excluded from many curbside recycling programs because of its reputation as a “tangler,” as plastic film can get caught in ...

Dry cleaners use more than 300 million pounds of plastic film a year in the U.S. alone—but they don’t have to. There’s that unpleasant moment when you get home from the dry cleaner: You remove the ...

PlasticsToday reported a month ago on industry efforts in recycling plastics films, wraps and bags, specifically when the Flexible Film Recycling Group (FFRG) of the American Chemistry Council ...

A new plastic film recycling facility in Rogers will recycle up to 90 million pounds of plastic wrap and other plastic film products each year. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list ...

WM is shuttering its plastic film recycling plant near Houston, a move the company is calling temporary while also indicating the location faces an uncertain future. The nation's largest solid waste ...