At least 60 organizations are working to scale up depolymerization, pyrolysis and other emerging plastic processing methods. The North American market for the resulting products could top $100 billion annually. Those statistics come from "Accelerating Circular Supply Chains for Plastics," a market-landscape report released today by Closed Loop Partners. It is the first comprehensive analysis of the range of approaches...

This article appeared in the March 2019 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   It’s easy to get hung up on recycling rates, especially when it comes to polymers. The latest materials diversion report from the U.S. EPA showed a 9.1 percent recycling rate for plastics nationally, a number that is cited often in the mainstream...

Executives from large resin makers say circular economy principles are key to their companies' long-term viability. Putting such a strategy into action will be no easy task, however. "We're all as an industry trying to define what circular means," said Patricia Drake, marketing manager polypropylene North America for petrochemical giant LyondellBasell. "We all know we have a large plastics waste...

Resource Recycling, Inc., which produces a number of recycling trade publications and conferences, has been acquired by the Association of Plastic Recyclers. APR, headquartered in Washington, D.C., closed on the sale of Resource Recycling on March 1. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Based in Portland, Ore., Resource Recycling, Inc. is the publisher of Resource Recycling magazine and puts...

Executives from large resin makers say circular economy principles are key to their companies' long-term viability. Putting such a strategy into action will be no easy task, however. "We're all as an industry trying to define what circular means," said Patricia Drake, marketing manager polypropylene North America for petrochemical giant LyondellBasell. "We all know we have a large plastics waste...

Resource Recycling, Inc., which produces a number of recycling trade publications and conferences, has been acquired by the Association of Plastic Recyclers. APR closed on the sale of Resource Recycling on March 1. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Resource Recycling, based in Portland, Ore. and founded by Jerry Powell nearly 40 years ago, is the publisher of E-Scrap...

Resource Recycling, Inc., which produces a number of recycling trade publications and conferences, has been acquired by the Association of Plastic Recyclers. APR, headquartered in Washington, D.C., closed on the sale of Resource Recycling on March 1. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Resource Recycling, based in Portland, Ore., is the publisher of Plastics Recycling Update and puts on...

Eyeing material from manufacturers in the Southeastern United States, Ontario-based Kal-Polymers has purchased a recycling and compounding operation in Georgia. Kal-Polymers, which has focused on post-industrial plastics for over 25 years in Canada, will take ownership of Sable Polymer Solutions on March 11. According to its website, Sable has been run by investment group Ecoark Holdings since 2016. Sable's name...

Mixed plastics and recovered carpet aren't usually the preferred feedstock for product manufacturers. But a Texas company making wood alternatives for the construction sector is building its business around those very materials. Athyron operates out of a 100,000-square-foot facility in Kountze, Texas, making a product called Miura Board that combines carpet and low-value post-consumer plastics, typically PE, according to Alfredo...

This article appeared in the January 2019 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   Recycling professionals know well how shifts in markets, materials and more have recently forced adjustments and revamped strategies on the part of local programs and facility operators. But materials recovery trends carry ripple effects for stakeholders throughout the sector, including equipment manufacturers....