A company that recycles HDPE into composite lumber has acquired another manufacturer in the same space.
A company that recycles HDPE into composite lumber has acquired another manufacturer in the same space.
In the states that have issued stay-at-home orders, companies engaged in recycling processing or plastic product manufacturing are not subject to forced shutdowns.
Construction has been delayed on two large U.S. prime plastics plants – one because of high costs and the other due to coronavirus. At the same time, an oil price war put downward pressure on virgin plastic prices.
The global escalation of COVID-19 is leading reclaimers to enact new safety regulations, while on a wider scale it impacts some collection programs, reduces Asian scrap plastics demand, constrains global shipping, dents stock prices and threatens an economic recession.
Cascade Cart Solutions has produced 22 million carts for Waste Management over three decades, but last week marked a milestone: the first time the company has deployed carts made with recycled curbside residential plastics.
A large market for U.S. scrap plastic is planning measures to reduce PET imports and increase domestic recycling.
Trex, which uses recovered polyethylene film to make composite wood products, boosted its sales and profits in 2019.
A recently published guidance document helps recycling facilities draft plans to avert and mitigate fires.
A program collecting hard-to-recycle plastics in Idaho’s largest city has been without a solid market for about a year since downstream outlet Renewlogy stopped accepting loads. After an equipment supply delay due to the coronavirus, the city now says this will continue at least through the summer.