Plastics Recycling Update

News from Avient Corporation, Sierra International Machinery and more

Industry Announcements

Packaging manufacturer Arkansas Poly & Printing partnered with wood-alternative decking company Trex Company to send its post-industrial and post-consumer resin-based packaging products to Trex for use in its composite decking. 

Avient Corporation is expanding its portfolio of Complēt REC long fiber reinforced composites using recycled resin. 

Circular.co launched its full-service digital platform for buying and selling sustainable commodities at scale, starting with a focus on recycled plastics.

Circulate Capital published its 2021 year in review, reporting it prevented 30,300 tons of plastic pollution leakage, among other accomplishments.

New Hampshire passed a law that will regulate chemical recycling as a manufacturing operation rather than solid waste disposal, making it the 19th state to do so. 

RecyClass published a design book clarifying the concepts of recyclability and design for recycling. 

SABIC, Heinz, Tesco and Berry partnered in a closed-loop recycling trial in the U.K. that will turn flexible plastic packaging collected from Tesco stores into PP for reuse in the brands’ packaging. 

Sierra International Machinery is adding a 24,000-square-foot expansion to their manufacturing facility in Jesup, Ga., due to demand for the Sierra REB line of two-ram balers and conveyors. 

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