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One thing that's going to be needed to fix plastics recycling in the United States is money, and lots of it. A recent report from the industry-funded Recycling Partnership estimates that $17 billion over five years could make big improvements, including $4 billion...

Forbes shared an article about product packaging in which nine members of Young Entrepreneur Council examine the key elements that businesses should look at when developing packaging for a product and explain why these factors can help the product be more attractive....

Supply Lines Long Delivery Times, Scarce Materials Stoke Producer Inflation  Inflation continues to brew in America’s industrial heartland as growing materials shortages cascade into record-long delivery times and leave manufacturers struggling to keep pace with an...

The way we normally recycle plastics is a downward spiral of waste and degraded materials, but there is another option – turning plastic back into the oil it was made from. There is one man-made material that you can find in the earth, the air and in the deepest ocean...

U.S. manufacturing activity grew at a slower pace in April, restrained by shortages of inputs as rising vaccinations against COVID-19 and massive fiscal stimulus unleashed pent-up demand. The survey from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) on Monday showed...

Rethinking Sustainability Buzzwords And finally, as we move past Earth Day 2021, how about a rethink around sustainability buzzwords? Conde Nast beauty industry media outlet Allure is pledging to change the labels it uses around...

Stubbornly high shipping expenses for businesses are getting sealed into contracts for the next 12 months, forcing companies to pass the extra costs on to consumers. The price for a container of goods from China to the U.S. West Coast and European ports has hovered...

Strong demand and tight supplies of commodity resins have continued, sending prices for most materials up since March 1. Resin makers in the region are working to recover from Winter Storm Uri, which knocked out production at many resin and feedstock plants in Texas...

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