Wind turbines generate clean and renewable power, but when their blades reach end-of-life, the options – burning or landfilling – aren’t so green.
Backers of a plastics-to-fuel project in Indiana announced they are preparing to break ground on a $260 million commercial-scale facility.
A new recycling line will help produce food-contact RPET from just about the dirtiest source around: bottles picked from landfills.
A compounder has introduced a new engineering-grade pellet that contains up to 50% recycled content.
Five plastics recycling projects will take in a total of $11.7 million in California state grants. The awarded companies are targeting scrap plastic from a variety of sources.
The CarbonLite facility in Riverside, Calif.
PET reclaimer CarbonLite launched a resin product made from ocean-diverted plastic, and the company released details on its third PET recycling facility.
Mixed plastics are the feedstock for a chemical recycling partnership between resin giant Sabic and home goods manufacturer Tupperware Brands.
Sirmax will expand its capacity with a 130,000-square-foot facility.| Dmitrijs Kaminskis/Shutterstock
An Italian compounding company is developing an $18 million plastics recycling facility in Indiana, where the company will process and pelletize PP and PE.
As of early this year, Envision Plastics was on track to meet its goal of recycling 10 million pounds of OceanBound plastic over two years. | Damsea/Shutterstock
Envision Plastics says it received the first FDA letter allowing litter recovered from coastal areas in developing countries to be recycled into food and drink packaging.