Trex, a major consumer of recovered PE film, continued to report record revenues and profits in the third quarter.
Trex, a major consumer of recovered PE film, continued to report record revenues and profits in the third quarter.
Southeast Asian countries continue to place restrictions on scrap plastic imports, affecting movement from U.S. ports.
Virgin plastics company Equipolymers will sell a food-grade PET made with 25 percent chemically recycled plastic.
Brand owners and packaging providers have rolled out innovative replacements for difficult-to-recycle multi-layer plastic packaging.
A dairy products company has begun using a black colorant in yogurt tub lids that allows optical sorters to correctly identify the polymer type and color.
A brand owner has announced it will use a shrink sleeve label that detaches during the bottle wash cycle at plastics recycling facilities.
A project seeks to inspire improvements in PA and PU recycling, ocean plastics make their way into surfboards, and a depolymerization startup inks a deal with PepsiCo.
Another major importer of recyclables in Asia is drafting policy to reshape its relationship to materials recovery. But this time, the move could actually be a boon to exporters.
The state of California will provide another loan to help a packaging producer boost its RPET consumption.
Malaysian authorities plan to ban scrap plastic imports in three years. In the meantime, they’ll subject incoming shipments to a series of stringent new requirements.