Data from the sale of recyclable plastic bottles in early December suggest the value of recovered packaging will end the year in a slightly weak position.
Data from the sale of recyclable plastic bottles in early December suggest the value of recovered packaging will end the year in a slightly weak position.
More details have emerged about Revolution Plastics’ plan to build an agricultural plastics recycling facility in the heart of California’s San Joaquin Valley.
Loop Industries reverses course on buying a Montreal facility, and optical sorter companies show off their improved products.
The first workshop for the DEMETO project, held Sept. 28 in Brussels.
The European Union will invest millions of euros into advancing a microwave depolymerization technology for PET container scrap and polyester in discarded textiles.
A scientific panel signed off on a slew of PET recycling technologies this year, determining they produce clean RPET that can be used in food and drink packaging.
Polystyrene producer INEOS Styrolution has recently partnered with a pair of companies that are developing emerging chemical PS recycling processes. An INEOS executive said the activity is the first step toward what partners hope will be a full-scale polystyrene recycling consortium.
A study commissioned by Closed Loop Partners identifies strategies to enhance the PET bottle recycling system, allowing RPET to better compete with virgin plastic.
When it comes to recovering polyester from textiles, chemical recycling technologies might just be what the reclaimer ordered, a new report suggests.
The state of California has awarded millions of dollars in grants to projects that will recycle ag plastics and PET bottles.
A Canadian organization with a focus on marine debris is building a global effort to facilitate collection of plastics from impoverished countries and connect that material with end users.