The acquisition of a U.S. PET reclaimer captured clicks last month. | Lipik Stock Media/Shutterstock
A diverse group of stories drew readers’ attention last month, touching on chemical recycling, infrastructure needs and a legal case.
The acquisition of a U.S. PET reclaimer captured clicks last month. | Lipik Stock Media/Shutterstock
A diverse group of stories drew readers’ attention last month, touching on chemical recycling, infrastructure needs and a legal case.
Cargo ships on the water in California. | Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock
The first six months of 2019 have been a news whirlwind for the plastics recycling sector, with continued export shakeups, major investment announcements, and bold strategy moves by both brands and processors.
Readers last month were drawn to a variety of news articles, including those covering international trade, updates from a PET reclaimer, investments in recycling companies and introduced legislation.
Extruder and optical sorter innovations are celebrated in Europe, and a gasification process is used to recycle mixed plastics into a cellulose-based plastic that can replace ABS.
Starlinger’s post-consumer PET processing lines are coming to a Pennsylvania facility, and an acrylic glass depolymerization project is launched.
Readers last month were drawn to articles about a brand owner’s RPET ambitions, markets analysis, gasification technology, scrap smuggling and legislation.
News about India’s upcoming scrap plastics ban attracted readers’ clicks last month, along with stories about virgin plastics manufacturers, flexible packaging recycling startups and more.
APR’s John Standish on stage at the APR Plastics Recycling Showcase and Technical Forum.
The global nature of the business, equipment advances and packaging innovations were all covered in this year’s Association of Plastic Recyclers Plastics Recycling Showcase and Technical Forum.
A solvent-based process will be used to recover polymers from multilayer flexible packaging and fiber-reinforced plastics, and sorting technologies have been installed in New Zealand’s first PET recycling plant.
Plastics perceptions, waste reduction goals and marine debris efforts were among the meaty topics explored by the Association of Plastic Recyclers last week.