Ah, recycling — that transformative process that turns our used materials into something completely new. Recycling expands the horizons of single-use products by giving them another life, another chance to be useful. One of the most exciting recycled materials on the market is rPET, or, to use the technical term, recycled polyethylene terephthalate. Recycled plastics […]

California remains a bellwether on plastics policy, with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision Sept. 24 to sign an ambitious recycled content law for plastic bottles. The law sets what could become the world’s toughest mandate for recycled content, beginning at 15 percent in 2022 and rising to 50 percent by 2030. The European Union, by contrast, […]