Author Archives: Editorial Staff

News from the Every Bottle Back Initiative, TotalEnergies and more

Published: December 6, 2022
Updated: December 6, 2022
by Editorial Staff

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News from Greenlabs Recycling, Pyrowave and more

Published: November 29, 2022
Updated: November 29, 2022
by Editorial Staff

Posted in Industry Announcements |

News from the Product Stewardship Institute, TC Transcontinental Packaging and more

Published: November 15, 2022
Updated: November 22, 2022
by Editorial Staff

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News from Aduro Clean Technologies, Bühler and more

Published: November 8, 2022
Updated: November 8, 2022
by Editorial Staff

Posted in Industry Announcements |

Our top stories from October 2022

Published: November 1, 2022
Updated: November 3, 2022
by Editorial Staff

A controversial Greenpeace report on plastics recyclability drew our readers’ attention last month. | zlikovec/Shutterstock

KW Plastics’ residue-management plans, ExxonMobil’s chemical recycling vision and more drew our readers’ clicks last month. Continue Reading

Posted in News | Tagged Top 5 |

News from PureCycle, Dow and more

Published: November 1, 2022
Updated: November 1, 2022
by Editorial Staff

Posted in Industry Announcements |

News from AMP Robotics, CRDC Global and more

Published: October 25, 2022
Updated: October 25, 2022
by Editorial Staff

Posted in Industry Announcements |

News from Circulus, Kraft Heinz and more

Published: October 18, 2022
Updated: October 18, 2022
by Editorial Staff

Posted in Industry Announcements |

Data Sort: US plastics processing by the numbers

Published: October 18, 2022
Updated: October 18, 2022
by Editorial Staff

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged data, Winter 2022 |

PET and HDPE scrap prices rise

Published: October 11, 2022
Updated: October 11, 2022
by Editorial Staff

Reclaimers are paying more for bales of post-consumer PET and HDPE this month, but the price of PP scrap has plummeted since September.

Posted in News, Top stories | Tagged markets |

The latest plastics recycling news

NexTrex program boosts local film recovery efforts
Recycling collection site Otsego ReUse Center is bringing plastic film recycling to New York, with help from the Grassroots Movement initiative by film collector NexTrex.
ICIS monthly recycled plastics pulse
A recycled resin expert with commodity intelligence firm ICIS provides a snapshot of current post-consumer resin prices and the factors driving the current market.
Plastic bale prices fall in July
PET container prices fell 30% from June to July, part of an across-the-board price decline for curbside plastics bales.
Analysis shines spotlight on New Jersey bag ban
A new report on state-level single-use bag laws indicates that New Jersey’s ban has had numerous effects, both positive and negative.
California lawmakers look to quantify PCR imports
Amid a spike in post-consumer resin imports that reclaimers say is damaging the U.S. plastics recycling system, and allegations that some of that imported resin may not truly be recycled, a bill advancing in California would require beverage container manufacturers to report the country of origin for all PCR incorporated in their products.
Unifi pushes for textile recycling progress
An executive from U.S. textile manufacturer Unifi explored the challenges facing textile recycling and gave a glimpse of what to expect from Unifi during a recent podcast from the Association of Plastic Recyclers.
Packaging giant invests to expand PCR capability
Global packaging firm Amcor recently announced it is installing new equipment at a Kentucky facility that allows the company to produce packaging with a wider variety of post-consumer resin percentages, citing demand from the company’s spirits customers.