Xavier Cronin
Xavier Cronin is editor of PetroChem Wire’s Recycled Plastics Weekly. Before joining PCW in 2013, he was a staff editor for McGraw-Hill Platts covering a wide range of products from metals to crude oil. Xavier has also worked as a reporter for Energy Intelligence Group, The New York Times and the Hartford Courant.
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Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Plastics
Why the U.S. Struggles with Plastic Recycling
Why is America lagging so far behind other developed countries when it comes to recycling plastic? This was a major...
Chemicals/Petrochemicals
The Great Recycling Myth: Why So Much Plastic Still Gets Trashed
The yogurt cup you put in your recyclables dumpster—along with, say, yesterday’s newspaper, a can of tuna fish, foam packing...
Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Plastics
Earth Month Special Report: Turning Plastic Trash Into a Commodity
Despite efforts to reduce plastic waste, the world’s rubbish pile continues to build.
Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Plastics
Chemical Recycling of Plastic Emerges as Dominant Theme
Chemical recycling, particularly in the U.S., was a dominant theme of the recycled plastics industry in 2022, and it’s creating...