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Equipment Spotlight: Compact plastics sorting system fits into plant retrofits

Published: December 2, 2019
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The Mistral Compact from Pellenc ST can sort a variety of types of recyclables. | Courtesy of Pellenc ST

Major equipment installations come with logistical considerations, and for space-limited plastics sorting facilities, that makes things complicated.

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Equipment Spotlight: Size-reduction tool built for large plastic volumes

Published: April 3, 2020
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The Herbold Meckesheim SMS 20017 is particularly suitable for material streams with size irregularities.

The latest SMS Series granulator from Herbold Meckesheim is billed as a perfect fit for challenging applications, particularly those requiring high throughput capacities.

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Brand owners report RPET usage progress

Published: July 22, 2020
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PET water bottles for recycling

Bottled water companies that use recycled plastic have recently made new investments and design choices. | iamshutter/Shutterstock

The company behind Crystal Geyser brand water opened a recycled PET plant in Southern California, and Nestlé Waters North America now averages 16.5% RPET in its U.S. containers. The following are details on recent water bottle announcements.

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Environmental group takes aim at chemical recycling

Published: July 29, 2020
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Scrap plastics baled for recycling.

Chemical recycling uses different processes to break plastics down into other chemicals, which can be used to make fuels, new plastics or many other products. | Vershinin89/Shutterstock

A report from activist organization GAIA claims processing strategies that have been heavily promoted by the polymer industry amount to a “greenwashing tactic” undermining efforts to ban single-use plastics.

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British Columbia expands EPR and bottle deposit systems

Published: July 29, 2020
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Starting in 2023, “packaging-like” and “single-use” products will be added to British Columbia’s producer-managed recycling program. | Tudoran Andrei/Shutterstock 

Canada’s third-largest province has approved a number of changes to its extended producer responsibility and container deposit programs.  Continue Reading

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