One goal of the differential fee schedule, to be implemented next year, will be to provide a financial incentive to consumers to buy recycled-content carpet. | ND700/Shutterstock
If carpet has at least 10% recycled content, then California consumers will pay a lower recycling system fee at the cash register starting next April.
News of shipping strife impacts on recycled plastics traders was of interest last month. | Creativa Images/Shutterstock
News about another polyethylene film recycling facility, recycled-content certification programs, shipping industry struggles and more drew readers’ clicks last month.
Waste Management operates 52 single-stream materials recovery facilities (MRFs), 30 commercial recycling plants, and various other recycling- and composting-related facilities. | Ken Wolter / Shutterstock
The largest North American hauler recovered significantly more plastic in 2020 compared with the prior year, the company recently reported. Waste Management also offered details on recent recycling investments and offered its outlook on domestic markets.
Over 70 businesses, nonprofit organizations and governments make up the Canada Plastics Pact. | tyshun / Shutterstock
The Canada Plastics Pact has released a plan for how it envisions developing a circular economy for polymers.
Trex will invest $400 million over five years in a recycling and production site at the Port of Little Rock. | Courtesy of Trex
Already the largest scrap film recycler in the U.S., Trex is set to build a large polyethylene recycling and composite lumber production campus in Little Rock, Ark.
Production of the Wendy’s PP cups, which contain 20% chemically recycled plastic. | Courtesy of Berry Global
LyondellBasell will provide recycled-content polypropylene to Berry Global, which will mold the resin into cups for use in Wendy’s restaurants.
On Oct. 21, Machinex and Green Machine submitted a request to end the court case, with each side paying their own legal expenses. | corgarashu / Shutterstock
Optical sorter providers Machinex and Green Machine have ended their legal battle over imaging technology patents, with Green Machine’s initial claims deemed invalid.
The author makes the case that conversion technologies have a positive environmental impact on managing plastic waste.
