Composite lumber manufacturer Trex is reducing the amount of recycled polyethylene it buys and sells, even while the company continues to post record profits.
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 jared@resource-recycling.com.Composite lumber manufacturer Trex is reducing the amount of recycled polyethylene it buys and sells, even while the company continues to post record profits.
Wood-alternative lumber manufacturer Trex has announced its entry into the business of producing and selling linear low-density polyethylene pellets made from recycled material.
Over the past two years, Coca-Cola has boosted its recycled PET production capabilities by 20 percent, opening facilities and recycling lines in nine different countries. It now uses recycled PET in 24 countries.
Composting experts have developed verbiage for possible legislation that states could use to limit claims made on plastic product packaging.
The Southeast region has welcomed a manufacturing operation that’s hungry for recycled plastic.
Equipment manufacturers Bulk Handling Systems and AMUT will provide key front-line equipment for an expansion of a Repreve recycled fiber facility, the companies announced.
A bill in Michigan restricting local governments from imposing bans or fees on bags or containers has been gaining traction.
Without using heat or pressure, a small commercial-sized facility in Quebec is breaking down post-consumer PET into its component monomers so they can be recycled into new PET.
This story originally appeared in the August 2016 issue of Plastics Recycling Update.
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Germany increased its average recycled content in PET bottles last year, despite challenges in pricing compared with virgin plastic, according to an industry group.