Researchers will use compatibilizers to determine what kind of properties they can achieve when recycling multi-material flexible plastics from hospitals. Their work will help determine recycling options for a substantial portion of the health care plastics waste stream.
A project aims to recycle vinyl-coated polyester woven fabrics used on billboards, and compounding technology proves key to achieving the desired shelf appeal for a bottle made from marine plastics.
Companies around the world are working to develop recyclable multi-layer packaging, and some of it is now appearing on store shelves.
A project in the European Union seeks to replace aluminum and other barrier materials in multi-layer films with recyclable bio-derived polymer coatings.
A PE-PP compatibilizer breakthrough snags an award, and a company launches a NIR sorter identification testing service.
Nina Bellucci Butler of More Recycling states correctly in a Sept. 27 article in Plastics Recycling Update that “we have capacity to purchase HDPE, PET, PP and other resins. We don’t have the capacity to take the material from the MRF [and] further segregate it so we can get those discrete resins to market.”
Both dry and wet de-labeling systems are helping CarbonLite’s new PET recycling facility overcome challenges from problematic bottle labels.
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation recently honored a team at the University of Pittsburgh and an R&D company called Aronax Technologies Spain for their work improving the mechanical recyclability of flexible packaging for food.
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A North American recycling operation will open an e-plastics-focused facility in response to Chinese import restrictions.
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According to one product manufacturer’s analysis, HDPE can be shredded, melted and molded into products 10 times before its quality is compromised.