It's the city of Orlando's 150th birthday, and residents celebrated by donating over 1,000 pounds of soft plastics. Now, the city plans on using that accumulation to build a bench commemorating ...

A decision by The Packaging Forum to extend its kerbside soft plastics collection trial in Nelson is welcome news, says Nelson Mayor Nick Smith. “This is the first industry-funded trial of ...

Low‑density polyethylene (LDPE) is a flexible, lightweight plastic commonly seen in everyday packaging—from sandwich bags and shrink wrap to tubing and squeeze bottles. Its branched molecular ...

Tanita Harrison drops off her soft plastics for recycling at The Warehouse, Nelson, on Thursday with store manager Tristan Wilkinson.BRADEN FASTIER / Nelson Mail The soft plastic recycling scheme ...

Single-use plastic can be an attractive option for hospitals—cheap, durable, and easily tossed out—and each new fresh plastic container or covering offers a newly sterile environment.

Its branched molecular structure gives LDPE softness and versatility, making it ideal for products that bend, stretch or conform. It’s widely recycled under code #4 and dominate ...

A Texas-rigged soft plastic was utilized by 60-percent of the final 10 field. / B.A.S.S. A Texas-rigged soft plastic craw or creature bait is about as universally beloved as any bass bait.

GSC said the purchase of injection molder F&M Tool and Plastics Inc. of Leominster, Mass., "will fuel the company's next phase of growth." ...

The number of new jobs created in May slowed to 139,000, a sign the Trump trade wars are starting to make a dent in a resilient U.S. labor market that’s been a bedrock of the economy.

Plastics News this week is showing updated pricing for PET bottle resin in North America. Late settlements in pricing for paraxylene and purified terephthalic acid feedstocks have clouded PET ...

Kylie Jenner at the 2024 Met Gala in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty In 2016, Jenner shut down a slew of plastic surgery rumors — including that she got implants for her butt.