Three different chemistry-based processes for recovering plastics have recently grabbed attention, illustrating the wide range of stakeholders working to find solutions beyond mechanical recycling. Global resin manufacturing giant Sabic has rolled out a line of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) compounded resins made from depolymerized PET. The resin product, called LNP Elcrin iQ, is being marketed as a drop-in replacement for virgin...

A program designed to collect hard-to-recycle plastics curbside is angling to send more materials to a site run by startup Renewlogy in Salt Lake City. In a statement sent to Plastics Recycling Update Monday, Renewlogy noted it has received a grant through the Hefty EnergyBag initiative to "upgrade its pre-processing system to be able to better handle more types of...

An Illinois landfill disposition program for funnel glass is being phased out after five years. Kuusakoski US told E-Scrap News this week that starting on Jan. 1, 2020, the processor will no longer be able to move CRT funnel glass to a material treatment site run by landfill operator Peoria Disposal Company (PDC). Kuusakoski issued a press release on the...

A handful of industry groups and plastics producers are teaming up on a 60-day effort to try to capture a wider variety of materials from the flow of curbside recyclables in Portland, Ore. The effort, announced June 19, will bring a "secondary sorting system" from Titus MRF Services to a materials recovery facility in the Portland area run by Far...

A handful of industry groups and plastics producers are teaming up on a 60-day effort to try to capture a wider variety of materials from the flow of curbside recyclables in Portland, Ore. The effort, announced this morning, will bring a "secondary sorting system" from Titus MRF Services to a materials recovery facility in the Portland area run by Far...

This article originally appeared in the May 2019 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   Over most of the past couple of decades, the plastics packaging sector was able to assume the municipal recycling structure would evolve alongside it. Innovations in material use would hit the market, and though some of the new items caused troubles...

Brands across the globe are announcing goals to use high levels of recycled plastic. But the companies that actually deliver PCR to the market are predicting a major hurdle: supply shortfalls. At the June meeting of the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) last week, the group's president said the wider recycling system in North America today simply isn't robust enough...

Nestlé Waters North America is betting that it can connect with consumers over the long term by using high levels of recovered material. The bottled water giant announced on June 3 that all bottles in its Poland Spring still-water line will be constructed from 100% recycled PET by 2022. The company also noted all Poland Spring 1-liter bottles will be...

Nestlé Waters North America is betting that it can connect with consumers over the long term by using high levels of recovered material. The bottled water giant announced on June 3 that all bottles in its Poland Spring still-water line will be constructed from 100% recycled PET by 2022. The company also noted all Poland Spring 1-liter bottles will be...

An industry group has identified six advanced recycling projects that target plastics from electronics. One of the tech developers is a prominent North American e-scrap processor. Closed Loop Partners last month released a market-landscape report detailing the fast-evolving "chemical recycling" sector. Chemical recycling encompasses processing systems that use heat, pressure, solvents and other methodologies to convert recovered plastics into oils,...