More than 500,000 professionals annually attend the big plastics industry trade shows worldwide, and with attendance rising at several of the events, this number seems primed to increase.
More than 500,000 professionals annually attend the big plastics industry trade shows worldwide, and with attendance rising at several of the events, this number seems primed to increase.
Sector exports recently experienced another sizable month-to-month increase in volumes.
Dow Chemical Co. has signed on as a funder for The Recycling Partnership to help boost recycling of plastic packaging. 
An eight-month initiative in several Chicago hospitals aims to collect 100 tons of plastic and demonstrate the business case for health-care plastics recycling.
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Plastic bag manufacturer Novolex will gobble up a nationwide maker of can liners, a move that will reduce its exposure to the uncertain retail shopping bag market.
Equipment company Pelletron has been purchased by IPEG Inc., which has pledged to inject capital into its newest brand.
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Consumers should leave caps on their empty plastic bottles because when caps are taken off, they often fall through screens, contaminating glass cullet streams. Bottles without caps are also more likely to be flattened and sorted incorrectly.
More than 10 million pounds of plastic pesticide containers were collected for recycling in 2015, according to the Ag Container Recycling Council.
Sector export figures for January 2016 show a drop of just under 4 percent when compared with January 2015 levels.
The Foodservice Packaging Institute has released a toolkit to assist communities and businesses in recycling more food-service packaging.