An expanded list of beverages will be covered in Connecticut’s bottle-deposit program under a new piece of legislation on the governor’s desk. | alexs333 / Shutterstock
Northeast states advanced extended producer responsibility and bottle deposit legislation, but California legislators failed to pass a ban on e-commerce plastic packaging.
Borealis PCR resins span interior, exterior and under-the-bonnet applications. | SHYMR / Shutterstock
Borealis recently began offering several grades of resin made from virgin and post-consumer recycled materials for sale into the North American automotive market.
Financial documents show TerraCycle US saw double-digit growth in the company’s Zero Waste Boxes program. | Postmodern Studio / Shutterstock
Coronavirus-related closures hurt financial performance for TerraCycle US last year, but increased profitability in the company’s Zero Waste Boxes business helped buffer the impacts.
The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) stated its support for beverage bottle deposit laws. | Ultrasto / Shutterstock
The Association of Plastic Recyclers has published position statements on chemical recycling, the use of mass balance methodologies for post-consumer plastics, and bottle deposit programs.
Indorama Ventures Sustainable Solutions will install AMUT equipment at its Alabama RPET facility, including de-labeling equipment like the unit pictured above. | Courtesy of AMUT
Indorama Ventures Sustainable Solutions is spending significantly to more than double the size and flake-production capacity of its Alabama PET recycling plant, according to interviews and city documents.
CG Roxane’s San Bernardino, Calif. facility is capable of processing 35 million pounds of RPET annually. The new plant in Tennessee will have the same capacity. | Courtesy of CG Roxane
CG Roxane has broken ground on a recycled PET facility in Tennessee that’s slated to open within a year. The company says the new site will help it hit 50% RPET in its products nationally.
Readers were drawn to news that CarbonLite’s facilities were auctioned last month. | Courtesy of CarbonLite
Our two most-read articles last month both focused on auction action from PET processor CarbonLite. Brand owner updates also caught the attention of readers.
KC Recycling is a major processor of automotive batteries. About 4.5% of each incoming battery contains PP. | Courtesy of KC Recycling
A Canadian lead-acid battery recycling company is expanding its capabilities so it can produce post-consumer PP pellets.
Millions of dollars are available to redesign multi-layer films to make them recyclable or biodegradable. | Natykach Nataliia / Shutterstock
The U.S. government will provide up to $14.5 million to support R&D focused on single-use film packaging recycling.