Category: Industry Announcements

Revolution acquires Michigan film reclaimer
Plastics recycling and manufacturing company Revolution Sustainable Solutions continued its streak of 2024 acquisitions with the purchase of the Michigan-based Island Plastics, which Revolution said would boost capabilities in clear, food-grade resin.
PureCycle opens secondary sorting plant targeting PP
Polypropylene recycling firm PureCycle has started up a feedstock preparation plant in Pennsylvania, bringing in plastic bales from MRFs and extracting the PP for processing at the company’s main Ohio facility.
European plastics recycling sector faces slew of challenges
A combination of decreasing post-consumer resin demand, high energy costs and stiff competition from both virgin and imported recycled resin struck a blow to Europe’s reclaimers in 2023, according to an annual industry association report.
Canada Plastics Pact reports 2024 progress
More plastic film was recycled in Canada in 2022 compared to 2019, but less rigid plastic made it into the system, according to the latest report from Canada Plastics Pact.
Researchers use sunlight to recycle black plastics
Although additives in plastics often are viewed as problematic, researchers at Cornell and Princeton universities have developed a technique to recycle plastics containing the colorant carbon black using sunlight.
Taking textile recycling mainstream
Policy, partnerships and planning are all crucial components of scaling up textile recycling, stakeholders said during a panel discussion at the 2024 Resource Recycling Conference.
PET bottle recycling reaches new high
Recycling for U.S. PET bottles in 2023 gained 4 percentage points on the year to reach 33%, the highest rate since 1996, according to a report from the National Association for PET Container Resources industry group.