Prices for nylon 66 pellets and flakes have been rising steadily as a force majeure at a Texas nylon 66 intermediates plant entered its fourth month and continued to tighten prime and off-grade nylon supply.
Prices for nylon 66 pellets and flakes have been rising steadily as a force majeure at a Texas nylon 66 intermediates plant entered its fourth month and continued to tighten prime and off-grade nylon supply.
An upcoming update to the RIOS certification will include stronger health and safety requirements and a greater focus on the global recycling industry.
Recycled HMW HDPE prices for both pellet and flake were down last week reflecting an oversupply of HMW scrap drums and intermediate bulk containers in the southern U.S.
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has released its annual Scrap Yearbook, a statistical and comprehensive publication regarding the U.S. and global scrap industry.
Environmental services company Suez Environnement has partnered with TerraCycle to expand the recovery of difficult-to-recycle plastics in six European countries.
A major U.K. plastics-to-fuel company is one of 10 companies participating in Unreasonable Impact, a two-week accelerator program designed to connect entrepreneurs and investors to address key global environmental and social issues.
Shoppers in California will pay a little more for carpet starting Jan. 1, and the price hike will help support recovery of the material.
The U.S. recycling rate for PET containers has dropped just under 1 percentage point to 30.1 percent.
Prices for prime and recycled PET rose last week after one major U.S. producer, DAK Americas, declared force majeure on PET resin shipments from its plant in the Carolinas on October 10 following the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.
Plastics collection and recycling in the U.K. is on the rise, just not as quickly as the industry expected.