HDPE Recycling: Grades and the rHDPE Market
HDPE recycling is one of the quiet success stories of the plastics industry, and yet it is poorly understood outside the trade. High-density polyethylene, the…
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PET Recycling: From Bottle to rPET
Walk down any beverage aisle and pick up a clear water bottle. There is a real chance the plastic in your hand has lived a…
Plastic Recycling Codes 1-7: What Each Number Means
Introduction, Why the Triangle With a Number Is Everywhere Flip over almost any plastic object in your kitchen, a yogurt tub, a ketchup bottle, a…
Why Aluminum Is the World’s Most Recycled Material
The statistic that stops you cold: roughly 75% of all the aluminum ever produced since 1886 is still in use today. Not buried. Not burned.…
E-Waste: The Growing Problem of Electronic Recycling
1. Introduction: A 62-Million-Tonne Wake-Up Call In 2022, humanity threw away 62 million tonnes of electronic waste. That is not a typo, and it is…