Nearly a billion pounds of plastic film mulch is used in American agriculture each year, and most of it is dumped into ...

Recycling plastic mulch film is feasible, provided the thin sheets are thoroughly cleaned of regional soil contaminants ...

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 ...

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 ...

You may have heard that recycling plastic grocery bags can jam up machinery, but what might not be as well known is that ...

In 2019, Aquaman—a.k.a. Jason Mamoa—referred to humanity as a “disease” due to the way it’s treating its oceans. Indeed, there is extensive evidence of humanity’s impact: including serious coral reef ...

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 ...