A bottle delabeler goes to work in a PET sorting plant, and a number of major corporations sign deals with chemical recycling companies.
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A bottle delabeler goes to work in a PET sorting plant, and a number of major corporations sign deals with chemical recycling companies.
Researchers identified recycling as a critical piece of the solution to reducing ocean pollutants.| BBbirdZ/Shutterstock
A policy paper from leading ocean plastic experts lays out a strategy for reducing plastic and other pollutants in the world’s waterways. Researcher Jenna Jambeck and others offered details on how materials recovery fits into the plan.
A recent report estimates up to 50,000 tons of blades per year will enter the end-of-life stream in the U.S. by 2023. | Rudmer Zwerver/Shutterstock
Groups representing electricity producers and composites manufacturers released a study exploring landfill diversion options for wind turbine blades.
The government is looking to support liquefaction technologies to convert plastics Nos. 1-7 and other materials into high-energy-content liquid products. | Kedardome/Shutterstock
The U.S. government is looking to provide up to $4 million to advance development of technologies to convert recovered plastics into feedstock for fuels.
RePolyTex is gearing up to operate its Madison, N.C. facility at full scale, manufacturing a “plastic plywood” product from shredded e-plastics. | Courtesy of RePolyTex.
A U.S. plastics recycling and manufacturing facility is preparing to begin taking in plastics recovered from electronics. The plant will use that feedstock to produce construction materials.
Cheap prime plastics have contributed to tightened margins for some plastics processors. | Nokwan007/Shutterstock
Rock-bottom virgin prices and manufacturing shutdowns tied to the coronavirus have put a significant squeeze on plastics recycling profits of late. Some operators, however, expect conditions to start improving soon.
Boise will send materials to a Utah cement manufacturer on a temporary basis until September. | Charles Knowles/Shutterstock
Boise, Idaho will send hard-to-recycle plastics to be used as fuel for a cement manufacturing operation in Utah, after being without a solid downstream market for more than a year.
Authorities allege Plastic World Recycling violated several environmental regulations by dumping chemical and cleaning products into a storm drain. | AVN Photo Lab/Shutterstock
A Pennsylvania plastics recycling company has been accused of dumping pollutants into a waterway near its facility.
Revolution has two recycling facilities: one in Stuttgart, Ark. and one in Salinas, Calif.
Revolution is different from many reclaimers in that it’s both a plastics recycling company and a product brand owner – or rather a collection of brand owners.
Most shrink-sleeve labels pose challenges for PET bottle recycling, but recycling-friendly innovations were recently recognized by the Association of Plastic Recyclers. | Jared Paben/Resource Recycling, Inc.
Three shrink films for PET bottles and a collection of label inks have passed recyclability reviews by the Association of Plastic Recyclers.