Steve Toloken

Ohio officials announced a $19 million investment by a burial products maker, Luxorion Plastics, that appears to have links to a Wyoming maker of polypropylene burial vaults, Polyguard & Co.

A federal judge in Oregon has upheld the state's controversial plastics and packaging extended producer responsibility law, handing an early win to backers of the recycling and environmental legislation.

U.S.-made molds and some plastic products, like vinyl floor coverings that are exported to Canada, will face tariffs under the escalating trade tensions between the two countries.

California's legislature have passed a bill limiting the use of mass balance accounting for chemical recycling of plastics.

A House subcommittee advanced two plastics-related recycling labeling and recycled content bills backed by industry groups, but a top Democrat said he sees no path forward for either measure.

EPS packaging maker Plastilite joined a lawsuit against California's plastics extended producer responsibility law, arguing that the law caused it to lose a major customer.

Oregon's federal ruling upholding the state's plastics and packaging EPR law is seen by supporters as a "big green light" for EPR in the U.S., at least for now.

Shell Chemical is paying $15 million to settle an investigation into air pollution violations from its large polyethylene resin manufacturing complex in Beaver County, Pa.

A federal court ruling upholding Oregon’s packaging EPR law could strengthen similar programs nationwide as legal battles continue in California and other states.

Creating a greener, more circular plastics industry requires solutions from every link in the supply chain.