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Reclaimer gets food-contact nod for OceanBound plastics

Published: August 21, 2019
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As of early this year, Envision Plastics was on track to meet its goal of recycling 10 million pounds of OceanBound plastic over two years. | Damsea/Shutterstock

Envision Plastics says it received the first FDA letter allowing litter recovered from coastal areas in developing countries to be recycled into food and drink packaging.

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EnergyBags being stockpiled in Boise

Published: October 9, 2019
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The city of Boise rolled out the EnergyBag program in 2018. | Aleksandr Grechanyuk/Shutterstock

The Hefty EnergyBag program is collecting but not currently processing hard-to-recycle plastics in Boise, Idaho. The program’s downstream processor suspended EnergyBag processing earlier this year to install new equipment.

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