While polypropylene (PP) is the most versatile and easiest to recycle polymer and one of the most widely used materials in packaging for consumer goods, this packaging is not widely recycled.

The designation, determined by How2Recycle, signifies that more than 60 percent of households in the U.S. can recycle ...

The new How2Recycle labels are expected to roll out on PP cups this year. Years of collaboration between Starbucks, WM and other partners resulted in meeting the 60% recycling access threshold, said ...

IRONTON — Operating since June 2023, PureCycle Technologies in Ironton is the only facility in the world that can turn post-consumer polypropylene back into Ultra-Pure Recycled resin with virgin-like ...

A polypropylene cup is distributed into a curbside recycling bin.

Plastic waste surrounds daily life, from food containers and grocery bags to shampoo bottles and medical supplies. Much of it ...

Plastic waste has long outpaced our ability to deal with it, largely because the most common packaging plastics are hard to ...

Major recycling milestone reached as polypropylene cups gain widespread acceptance through industry collaboration efforts ...

Polypropylene cups are now designated as "widely recyclable" in the U.S., as a result of a partnership between Starbucks, WM, The NextGen Consortium, How2Recycle, The Recycling Partnership, and more.

National Harbor, Md. — Polypropylene is just as big in packaging as PET but it is recycled at a fraction of PET. Only 8 percent of 1.2 million tons of post-consumer PP is recycled. But getting this ...

Polypropylene is once again being considered to be "widely recycled" by an on-package recycling information system that had previously downgraded the material. How2Recycle, a Sustainable Packaging ...