Earth911.com - Ever wonder how plastic actually gets recycled? Watch this video on How Plastic Gets Recycled from Earth911.com.

Earth911.com - Plastics recycling facts in America from Earth911.com.

PlasticNews.com - News publication covering the business of the global plastics industry focusing on commercial, financial, legislative and market-related developments worldwide that affect North American plastic product manufactures.

Reuters.com - Article describing what may be a breakthrough with recycled plastic. A next-generation technology innovator, utilizing recycled plastic for high load industrial products, announced that BusinessWeek has just released an article on Axion International and its proprietary 100% recycled plastic technology.

The Future Of Things (TFOT) - The Future of Things announces Plastic Logic, a spin-off company from the Cambridge University’s Cavendish Laboratory has released its design of a future electronic newspaper reader made from plastic.

The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) - The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), is the trade association for the PET plastic industry in the United States and Canada. NAPCOR was founded in 1987.

The New York Times - The New York Times published an article called For Tough Recyclables, a Self-Mending Plastic that is about a new thermoset plastic that does not decompose when heated.

The Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE) - The Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE) objective is to promote the scientific and engineering knowledge relating to plastics and information in the plastics industry. The SPE thrives off of providing information to professionals in the plastics industry to help strengthen their skill, knowledge and to promote plastics.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - The EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) leads the nation’s environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. View these informational facts on how much of a crucial role plastics play in almost every aspect of our lives.

Waste & Recycling News - A California juice maker, Naked Juice Co. plans on switching to 100% post-consumer recycled plastic bottles in 2010. Article provided by Waste & Recycling News.com.

Plastics Industry Workplace Safety Tips - The majority of modern products made today have some sort of plastic component. Plastic is a large component of almost every industry including packaging, automotives, construction, agriculture, electronics, and consumer domestics. With the high demand for plastic manufacturing, distribution and compounding, comes a high demand for workers. With the high demand of these workers comes increased importance of ensuring operations run safely and smoothly.

The Classifications of Plastic - Since plastic is used in a wide variety of aspects of our modern life, they are classified into three general categories according to their chemical composition: Thermoplastics, Thermosets and Elastomers. These categories differ largely due to their molecular structure. The molecular structures of each of the three categories create a different reaction when exposed to heat.

The Plastics Resins Identification System - The Plastics Resins Identification System was created to assist companies and individuals in their attempts to recycle. The Plastics Resins Identification System also aids plastics recycling companies like Malvern Plastics Group in determining the path a recycled material will travel. Malvern Plastics Group has compiled the following guide to the Plastics Resins Identification System, where you can learn more about each recycling number and its properties.

Plastics Pellets: From Petroleum to Plastics - Plastics are made in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, colors and processes, and we use plastics in our everyday life. There are many steps taken to achieve that final plastic product. In many cases, plastic is derived using petroleum as the building block and then made in to plastic pellets. Take a look into the general process of making plastics and the different processing methods used to make the various types.