Two of the largest recycling events in the United States and Europe have formed a strategic alliance. The move brings together the U.S.-based Plastics Recycling Conference and the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) as the recycling of plastics takes on increasing global importance.
Eclectic interests were on display last month, with readers clicking on stories about markets, sustainability goals and technology.
An extruder is used to pulverize contaminated plastics into a powder for extrusion into printer filament, and LDPE film deinking demonstrations are scheduled for November.
Since the implementation of Chinese scrap import restrictions a number of Chinese companies have set up shop or established partnerships in the U.S. to process material and bypass restrictions. Continue Reading
Articles about theft convictions and the environmental upsides of plastics recycling landed on last month’s most-read list, joined by always-popular updates on international trade.
A project to develop depolymerization catalysts advances with support from a worldwide plastics company, and a bottled water company installs a PET recycling line.
Readers displayed eclectic interests last month, clicking on stories about plastic theft, a virgin plastic company’s purchase of a reclaimer, updates on China and more.
A project begins recycling post-consumer black packaging into new food packaging, and an advanced filter helps a U.S. reclaimer clean its PP melt.
Readers last month were drawn to stories about Southeast Asia’s import restrictions, PP and flexible packaging recovery efforts, and a recap of a major industry meeting.
As many in the industry take a breather around Independence Day this week, we thought the time was right to look at the developments that have most caught the attention of readers thus far this year.