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The recycling industry has not escaped the fallout from a tight trucking market. Recent regulatory movement and a growing driver shortage have contributed to rising freight costs, just months after extreme weather impacted the shipping sector.
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A plastics reclaimer and exporter plans to close its doors, citing impacts from China’s import restrictions as a major factor in the company’s downfall.
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As we move closer toward Plastics Recycling 2018, we’re excited to offer up another Q&A with one of the industry experts set to take the conference stage.
The world’s largest restaurant operator will increase access to recycling at its food establishments and make packaging changes to lessen environmental impacts.
Scrap plastic exported out of the U.S. is moving to Southeast Asia, where reclaimers are dramatically increasing purchases as China closes its doors to recovered materials. New figures illustrate that shift.
With a new strategy to tackle plastics, the European Commission says it has the recycling industry’s back.
An integrated processing, consulting and testing company has launched a service to help brand owners develop recycling-friendly plastic packaging.
In Indonesia, the road to plastic marine debris prevention may be paved with, well, plastic.
Unless you’re buying seafood (and maybe not even then) fishy smelling food and drink packaging isn’t going to fly. A project in Europe is working to deodorize EPS from fish boxes so they can be recycled into new food-contact products.
Plans for a fiberglass recycling R&D center advance, and a German company wins an award for its tracer-assisted optical sorting technology.