Plastics retain a high added value throughout their life cycles. Much of this value is lost if a plastic article is discarded at the end of its useful life. Zeus Industrial Products, Inc. is a ...

A group of recycling organizations is calling for NatureWorks to halt expansion of its bio-based polylactic acid in bottles until the bio-resin’s recyclability has been demonstrated. Members of the ...

Growth in 3D printing marches on at an annual 26% clip. While new printers keep increasing the print speeds and range of materials that can be used, data on recycling these materials has been sparse.

While some people are concerned that polylactic acid-based packaging might contaminate the PET recycling stream, Mike Centers plans to develop a market for recycled PLA. The recycling industry veteran ...

Just how easy or not is it to sort polylactic acid (PLA), a popular bioplastic, from other packaging waste? A new study finds the same results as prior studies. Using a Near Infra-Red (NIR) sorting ...

PLA, or corn plastic, is made with Midwestern corn, not Middle East oil. Its production releases fewer toxic substances than making petroleum plastic and uses less energy, spewing an estimated ...

Biocor LLC, Concord, Calif., has been launched as a company designed to buy, aggregate and process post-consumer polylactic acid (PLA), the plant-based bioplastic that has been used to make food trays ...

JAPAN, January 21, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Bioworks Inc. (Headquarters: Soraku-gun, Kyoto Prefecture; President & CEO: Koji Sakamoto; hereinafter “Bioworks ...

POSCO International will launch a biodegradable plastic recycling business to take advantage of the rapidly growing popularity of polylactic acid (PLA) products, the company said Wednesday. PLA, or ...