Recyclable packaging depends on more than material design: it also requires the infrastructure to collect, sort and process it where it is sold.
Many paper packages contain a hidden plastic coating that improves performance but makes recycling much more difficult.
The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) – Europe has released a new case study titled Unlocking Recycling Potential: Automated Sorting Trials of Medical Plastic Waste, research building upon ...
U.K.-based RECOUP (RECycling of Used Plastics Ltd.), which is leading a cross-industry forum addressing the barriers to and improving the recycling of black plastic packaging, has published a report ...