Two of the largest recycling events in the United States and Europe have formed a strategic alliance. The move brings together the U.S.-based Plastics Recycling Conference and the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) as the recycling of plastics takes on increasing global importance.
Scrap plastic shipments to Malaysia will be subject to new restrictions in the coming weeks, as the country follows through on vows to get a handle on skyrocketing imports.
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Public and private entities regularly sample waste streams to glean data on the plastics that could be captured for recycling. Now, guidelines have been developed to standardize the process so results can be compared.
A year after an online scrap plastics trading marketplace launched, an executive at the startup offered insight into where material is moving in the aftermath of China’s ban.
Bales of PET continue to rise in value, while natural HDPE prices fall slightly but remain at a relatively high level.
A Utah recycling company is targeting bales of resins Nos. 1-7, possibly filling a critical void in the plastics recovery chain.
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Since the implementation of Chinese scrap import restrictions a number of Chinese companies have set up shop or established partnerships in the U.S. to process material and bypass restrictions. Continue Reading
Two Canadian depolymerization startups recently signed significant deals to advance commercialization of their technologies.
A plastic litter collection project will identify the brands whose products appear most often as improperly disposed waste.