The assets from shuttered plastics reclaimer Entropex will be purchased by the founders of two major Canadian recycling companies.
The assets from shuttered plastics reclaimer Entropex will be purchased by the founders of two major Canadian recycling companies.
The plastics recycling sector has recently felt heavy pressure amid price swings in the virgin market. But a leader at one reclaimer says that value conversation may sometimes overshadow another significant issue: getting ahold of enough quality material.
The U.S. recycling rate for HDPE bottles dropped slightly in 2015, while the rate for PP bottles increased noticeably. Continue Reading
Major consumer brands say they could use nearly 300 million pounds of post-consumer polypropylene for non-food-contact applications over the next few years.
Logistics experts predict the current low costs of moving recyclables from processing plants to end-use mills will continue through the end of the year.
An upcoming update to the RIOS certification will include stronger health and safety requirements and a greater focus on the global recycling industry.
The U.S. recycling rate for PET containers has dropped just under 1 percentage point to 30.1 percent.
An industry group has determined the U.K.’s plastics recycling rate is around 33 percent.
Exported recovered plastics recently saw prices increase 12 percent year-over-year. Volumes, however, remain down.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is seeking participants for a recycling survey that will quantify the amount of plastics recycling happening in the Lone Star State.