The U.S. PET bottle recycling rate inched upward to 29.2 percent last year.
Associate Editor Jared Paben has worked for Resource Recycling since December 2014. Most of his earlier career was spent as a reporter for the daily newspaper in Bellingham, Wash., but he also has experience working for the Oregon volunteerism commission and for Oregon nonprofits serving low-income populations. He can be contacted at [email protected].The U.S. PET bottle recycling rate inched upward to 29.2 percent last year.
Rolled grain bag ready to be shipped to recycling end-market.
A permanent, consumer-funded grain bag recycling program has gone into effect in Saskatchewan, where farmers use 15,000 to 20,000 bags annually.
Trex, a major consumer of recovered PE film, continued to report record revenues and profits in the third quarter.
Virgin plastics company Equipolymers will sell a food-grade PET made with 25 percent chemically recycled plastic.
A dairy products company has begun using a black colorant in yogurt tub lids that allows optical sorters to correctly identify the polymer type and color.
A brand owner has announced it will use a shrink sleeve label that detaches during the bottle wash cycle at plastics recycling facilities.
The state of California will provide another loan to help a packaging producer boost its RPET consumption.
When it comes to chemical recycling techniques for scrap polystyrene, some companies break the plastic down into its component monomers, and others dissolve it without cutting the polymer chains.
Global brand companies are among those that signed a commitment to publicly report their progress toward ensuring plastic products are recyclable and actually recovered.
A depolymerization technology firm has landed an RPET sales deal with one of the world’s largest food and drink companies.