Equipment manufacturers Bulk Handling Systems and AMUT will provide key front-line equipment for an expansion of a Repreve recycled fiber facility, the companies announced.
Equipment manufacturers Bulk Handling Systems and AMUT will provide key front-line equipment for an expansion of a Repreve recycled fiber facility, the companies announced.
Textiles-from-plastics brand Repreve has announced a $10 million expansion of its existing PET bottle recycling plant to help meet increasing demand around the globe.
Unifi, Inc. last week opened a $28 million recycling operation to feed the Repreve fiber brand.
A memo circulating within California’s waste management agency says the packaging industry has failed to offer up viable voluntary options to help the state significantly cut down the amount of packaging material going to disposal.
Packaging stakeholders met earlier this month in California to present on how they’re helping the state recover more plastics as it aims to drastically cut packaging disposal and drive recycling activities.
A bill in Michigan restricting local governments from imposing bans or fees on bags or containers has been gaining traction.
The house wins again in Michigan, and a California town says it is exempt from the statewide ban on plastic bags.
A European bottler is putting a twist on bottled water, and a U.K. plastics recycling company strikes a deal to avoid bankruptcy.
The value of old milk jugs and other forms of HDPE scrap rose by more than 25 percent in recent weeks.
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Without using heat or pressure, a small commercial-sized facility in Quebec is breaking down post-consumer PET into its component monomers so they can be recycled into new PET.