
Despite decades of effort, plastics remain one of the more stubborn recycling challenges. Leading off our latest Market Moves Industrial Sustainability newsletter are experts from the British intellectual property law firm of Appleyard Lees, who examine what patent application patterns over the past three decades reveal about the most promising avenues forward—as well as some dead ends. Also featured in our lineup: Sustainability in food-and-beverage plants and harnessing the ocean’s waves.