Recycled high density polyethylene pellet prices decreased in the second quarter of 2025 — typically a time of year when sources expect an increase. Multiple factors, including slumping construction ...

A new Chinese policy that could significantly tighten standards and cut imports of recycled resin pellets to China is causing uncertainty in the market and may force Chinese manufacturers to switch to ...

UNC-Chapel Hill is asking the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality to update its air permit to allow it to burn recycled paper-and-plastic pellets at its Cogeneration power plant on Cameron Avenue ...

The Northeast Recycling Council (NERC), Brattleboro, Vermont, has released an update to its "Summary of Announced Increased Capacity to Use Recycled Paper" report. According to a news release from ...

The drastic import restrictions on recycled materials that China began imposing last year have thrown American cities for a loop. Prices have fallen for recyclable materials, and some jurisdictions ...

Trex, a manufacturer of high-performance wood-alternative decking and railing headquartered in Winchester, Virginia, has announced that its linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) pellets have ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—On a Friday afternoon in mid-January, college students hugged themselves as they lumbered through the University of North Carolina campus. Temperatures teetered just above freezing.

A view of the cogeneration plant operated by the University of North Carolina, located a half-mile from the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. (Photo: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News) CHAPEL HILL — On a Friday ...