Equipment from New Jersey-based Witte Co. combines the functions of multiple pellet-processing machines into one unit. The Witte 400 combines the company's vibrating plastic pellet classifiers with the vibrating fluid bed dryer and cooler. The Witte 400 is ideal for handling PE, PVC, PP, PS, nylon, polyesters, polyurethanes and other plastics. The processing system's air classification system generates a uniform...

A $3 million loan from the Closed Loop Fund will help an end user of recycled plastics scale up its production capacity by 50 percent. GreenMantra Technologies, an Ontario firm that recycles plastics into high-value waxes, will use the Closed Loop Fund (CLF) investment to boost its production capabilities from 5,000 to 7,500 metric tons per year. GreenMantra uses a...

When you hear “mega MRF,” this is probably the facility you should think of: a 1,000-tons-per-day materials recovery facility in the Sunset Park section of New York City’s Brooklyn borough. Opened in late 2013, the Sims Municipal Recycling Sunset Park MRF is billed as the largest facility of its kind in the U.S. It handles the majority of New York...

Four companies that submitted bids to sort and sell Houston's curbside recyclables will get another crack at it, after some city leaders cried foul on the earlier bidding process. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner recently announced the administration will solicit best and final offers from FCC Environmental Services, Independent Texas Recyclers, Republic Services and Waste Management, which is based in Houston....

Pricing boosts continue to drive recycling revenues for North America's three largest haulers. Meanwhile, company executives say they don't expect China's announced ban on certain scrap imports to inflict too much financial pain. Waste Management, Republic Services and Waste Connections all reported jumps in recycling revenue during the second quarter, compared with the second quarter of 2016. The higher commodity...

A battery stewardship group in North America has launched a campaign with information on collecting and shipping batteries safely. Call2Recycle calls its outreach effort "Charge Up Safely," and it includes information for consumers, municipalities, retailers, sorters and processors on proper battery handling. “As the volume and types of batteries in the marketplace expand, so do the risks for an incident,”...

This story has been updated. As California moves forward developing mandatory policies for the recycling of packaging, regulators want public input on some of the criteria they should consider. The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) has scheduled a packaging reform workshop for Sept. 19. In advance of the meeting, agency staff have drafted criteria to help them...

A defunct foam polystyrene recycling company has appealed its antitrust case against EPS product manufacturers to the U.S. Supreme Court. Those converters are now urging the court to ignore the appeal. The years-old case is between Evergreen Partnership Group and PS product makers Pactiv, Solo Cup, Dolco Packaging, Dart Container and Genpak (Genpak has since settled with Evergreen), as well...

A freight forwarding company has filed a lawsuit against a recyclables exporter, demanding to be reimbursed for tens of thousands of dollars in charges that accrued when cargo containers were left unclaimed at a Chinese port. Dallas-headquartered SeaLink International filed a complaint against Red Bank, N.J.-based Dock 7 Materials Group. It was filed on June 22 in the U.S. District...

The mayor of a Pennsylvania city is being charged with violating county recycling and solid waste laws after he contaminated a collection bin by tossing in a plastic product not allowed in the program. He could be facing a fine or months of community service. Anthony Mastrangelo, 81, mayor of New Castle, Pa., said he placed a broken cat carrier...