A plastics manufacturer falsely claimed recycled-content products were made from virgin resin as part of a wider scheme to defraud customers and investors, federal regulators said this week.
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A plastics manufacturer falsely claimed recycled-content products were made from virgin resin as part of a wider scheme to defraud customers and investors, federal regulators said this week.
Recycled film consumer Trex saw its net income climb by more than 40 percent last year, boosted by ample availability of scrap PE.
U.S. trade figures for November 2018 were released last week, and they indicate significant year-over-year declines in tonnages of plastics shipped out of the country.
Recycling stakeholders are pushing back against a container deposit expansion proposal in New York state, saying it will injure recycling programs when they’re already struggling with a down market.
Higher recovered PET prices pinched profits for recycled polyester fiber manufacturer Unifi last fall.
Jim Fish, CEO of Waste Management, speaks at the company’s annual sustainability forum.
Recovered plastic buyers and a relationship with major U.S. reclaimer KW Plastics have helped Waste Management through recent market troubles. The hauler has even made equipment upgrades specifically to meet that demand.
Articles about chemical companies and retailers moving to embrace recycling grabbed readers’ attention last month.
In Europe, scientists say they’ve developed a fast and accurate way for near-infrared sorters to classify different plastics containing flame retardants.
A patented cleaning process allows for the use of RPET in heat sealable polyester packaging film, and PET depolymerization technologies get a boost.
Forty finalists have been announced for the second Plastics Recycling Awards Europe, and many are using cutting-edge technologies.