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

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

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

GUANGZHOU CITY, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA, January 21, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — In the evolving global plastics and packaging industry, PVC plastic films continue ...

Study by German research firm Ceresana finds legislated bans are not enough to deter global demand for plastic films and packaging. Despite regional opposition to plastic shopping bags, a forecast ...

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 ...

Plastic bags can’t go in household recycling bins – here’s what to do instead - In 2018 alone, over 3 million tons (2.7 ...

Thermoplastic films have been used in flexible medical product applications since the 1960s, when plasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC) blood storage bags replaced glass bottles. 1 In the 1970s, PVC ...