Van Dyk Recycling Solutions uses vertical integration to tackle the global plastic waste crisis through advanced processing.

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A squat, light-colored building in Tigard, Oregon, was supposed to be part of a game-changing new solution for the global plastics industry. Called Regenyx, this recycling facility took in polystyrene ...

At the urging of the plastics industry, the USDA is considering allowing materials such as bioplastic cups, coffee pods and compostable plastic bags into the organic compost waste stream. Farmers and ...

Australia's first large-scale soft plastics recycling facility is processing huge loads each day, turning waste into a useful ...

Recycling is not a myth — it’s a movement that’s keeping materials in use, creating jobs and protecting Wisconsin’s ...

The rapid accumulation of plastic waste is currently posing significant risks for both human health and the environment on ...

The time may be coming to wash our hands of plastic trash. Literally. About 60 percent of all plastic ever made ends up in landfills or littering the environment. Only about one-tenth of plastic waste ...

Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every ...