Wood-alternative manufacturer Trex closed 2016 with record sales and earnings, but the company doesn’t plan any significant changes to its downsized recycled polyethylene pellet business.
Wood-alternative manufacturer Trex closed 2016 with record sales and earnings, but the company doesn’t plan any significant changes to its downsized recycled polyethylene pellet business.
Nina Bellucci Butler
Moore Recycling Associates, known for its plastics recycling data analysis, will now be called More Recycling as the company founders move toward partial retirement.
China’s new crackdown on illegal scrap plastics imports commanded our readers’ clicks in February, followed by stories exploring PET recycling, ocean plastics and PCR demand.
HDPE HMW pellet and flake prices rose 2 cents per pound last week on the back of strong demand from the end-user sector.
Garbage and recycling haulers had the fifth-highest death rate of all civilian occupations in 2014, with 27 people losing their lives on the job, updated federal statistics show.
While pressure-sensitive labels can be challenging to remove from plastic bottles in the recycling stream, one company appears to have come up with a solution.
U.S. plastic bottle recycling rose in 2014, continuing a long-term trend dating back to the 1990s.
Several trends are negatively affecting North American export markets for recovered materials, including what appears to be the return of China’s Green Fence customs initiative. Continue Reading
Axion International, a publicly traded recycled products company based in Zanesville, Ohio, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Southern California-based PTM Images has built an operation in Mexico to more efficiently bring recovered polystyrene into items such as picture frames, mirrors and other wall hangings.