The proposed tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico have the potential to affect plastics recyclers and the processors who buy their resins. In 2023, the U.S. imported about 40 percent of its ...

You may not give a lot of thought to what happens to your plastic bottles or cardboard boxes after setting them in the recycling bin – or think they have anything to do with global trade wars. But ...

Reciprocal tariff exemptions for U.S. imports of virgin and recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) have been lifted, according to a Sept. 8 executive order, and cautious optimism has followed.

A green accounting method called “mass balance” certifies that something was manufactured with recycled plastic — just not necessarily much of the bottle making the claim. By Julie Creswell and Hiroko ...