Industry exports last year saw decreases in both tonnage and average price when compared with 2015 totals.
Industry exports last year saw decreases in both tonnage and average price when compared with 2015 totals.
Prices for prime nylon 66 and off-grade material began rising in January and recycled material is following suit.
Montreal-based Loop Industries is working to commercialize its heatless, pressureless PET depolymerization technology after raising millions of dollars from investors earlier this year.
In a continued effort to modernize and simplify the nation’s longest-standing container deposit program, the Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative has opened another fully automated and staffed redemption center.
An increasing number of grocery chains are recycling rigid plastic containers through back-of-store programs, providing a clean source of HDPE and PP for reclaimers.
An innovative technique for recycling polyethylene pesticide and herbicide containers has moved from the lab to the plant.
Nina Goodrich, Sustainable Packaging Coalition
As Plastics Recycling 2017 approaches, we’re offering a series of conversations with industry leaders who will be taking to the stage in New Orleans. Continue Reading
Plastic products sold in California with “biodegradable” and “compostable” printed on their labels cost Walmart nearly $1 million in a settlement earlier this month.
Prices for U.S. Food and Drug Administration-sanctioned clear PET pellets moved up a penny last week to 58 to 59 cents per pound on the U.S. East Coast. That upward momentum corresponded with a strengthening in the prime PET market.
HDPE injection crate regrind prices ended 2016 down 11.5 cents per pound, or 29 percent, from the start of the year in U.S. East Coast markets. Continue Reading