Get the details on a number of plastic recycling innovations, including a label adhesive, a method of recovering plastics from durable goods and a recyclable plastic aerosol dispenser.
Get the details on a number of plastic recycling innovations, including a label adhesive, a method of recovering plastics from durable goods and a recyclable plastic aerosol dispenser.
Metabolix, a Massachusetts company that developed a bio-based additive for recycled PVC, is scrambling financially and could be forced to scale back or shut down.
New research out of Germany holds promise for high-accuracy optical sorting of black plastics at reasonable costs.
Industry stakeholders in Europe have developed a way to more quickly decontaminate recovered plastics that have been in contact with pesticides and solvents.
An optical sorting technology and two approaches to PET recycling are among the items we detail in this month’s look at industry-related patents.
A recyclable, recycled-content polyester material has been developed for automotive components, and a high-molecular-weight PLA could replace PP in packaging.
Construction has started on a facility to recycle vehicle airbag scrap into a high-quality polyamide 6.6, according to international chemical company Solvay.
Following the lead of Los Angeles, Chicago has become the second largest city in the country to pass a plastic bag ban ordinance.
A retail giant considers paring down its polymers, and a Dutch inventor designs a mobile interactive plastic recycling installation.
Seattle evolves its plastic bag ban, and a flyover shows the marine plastics problem is growing.