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Verdex unveils recycled plastic nanofiber technology

Published: October 9, 2019
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Verdex’s technology can be used to process a variety of polymers. | Courtesy of Verdex Technologies

A company has developed a technology for spinning contaminated post-consumer plastic into extremely thin fibers used to make filters, wipes and other products.

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Dow signs plastics recycling deals on two continents

Published: October 4, 2019
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Dow recently announced it will collaborate with a Thai virgin plastics producer on recycling solutions. | Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock

Dow recently inked agreements to boost plastics recovery in Europe and Southeast Asia, including through the use of chemical recycling technologies.

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Report recaps plastic bumper cover recycling project

Published: September 6, 2019
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Challenges remain to scaling up TPO bumper collection to a national scale. | Kaentian Street/Shutterstock

TPO bumper covers can be processed into a high-quality recycled pellet that’s cheaper than virgin plastic, but challenges remain in feedstock collection and preparation.

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Here’s who recently received FDA recycling letters

Published: September 6, 2019
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A number of companies received approval to use their recycling technology to produce recycled plastic for use in food and drink packaging.| Somsak21/Shutterstock

A company was given the go-ahead to recycle post-consumer PET into multi-layer reheatable food trays. Meanwhile, a global packaging company was OK’d to recycle LDPE films into reusable bags.

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