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Our top stories from August 2020

Published: September 10, 2020
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Plastic-asphalt road, Courtesy of Technisoil.

An article about a company turning PET scrap into asphalt binder was of interest in August. | Courtesy of Technisoil.

A story on Brightmark’s procurement plans grabbed reader attention in August. Coverage of film recycling updates also proved popular.

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Our top stories from July 2020

Published: August 5, 2020
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Baled plastics for recycling at the PreZero facility.

News about a California location now processing hard-to-recycle plastics captured attention last month. | Courtesy of PreZero.

Articles about investments to boost plastics recycling and the future career plans of an industry veteran drew readers’ interest last month.

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Our top stories from June 2020

Published: July 8, 2020
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Strawberries in plastic packaging.

News about the latest approvals to use recycling technologies to create recycled plastic for use in food packaging captured attention last month. | Dolores M. Harvey/Shutterstock

Readers last month were drawn to articles about consumer product brand owners, food-contact RPET approvals, a flexible packaging recovery project and plastics exports.

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Equipment Spotlight: Tomra updates optical sorting system

Published: July 6, 2020
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Tomra's new Autosort model.

Tomra’s upgraded Autosort includes a broad range of sensors to detect small but important differences between materials.

Equipment supplier Tomra rolled out the latest generation of its Autosort optical sorter, which is geared to provide greater accuracy and speed while performing complex sorting tasks.

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Our top stories from May 2020

Published: June 3, 2020
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In May a mix of news topics made our most-read list. | ImagineStock/Shutterstock

Articles about recovered plastic end users, financial support for reclaimers and market conditions drew our readers’ attention last month.

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Our top stories from April 2020

Published: May 6, 2020
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News about a $32 million project to upgrade DAK Americas’ Richmond, Ind. plant drew attention last month. | Courtesy of DAK Americas

Readers last month were drawn to a mix of stories about PET recycling technology investments, vetoed recycled-content legislation and our editor’s take on “Plastic Wars.”

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