Pharmacies are encouraged to take advantage of a clean HDPE feedstock, and prize money is put up for packaging innovations.
Pharmacies are encouraged to take advantage of a clean HDPE feedstock, and prize money is put up for packaging innovations.
Plentiful supply of curbside HDPE bales in the Southeast and U.S. Gulf Coast area pushed prices lower in mid-May as suppliers sought to move their rising inventories.
Coca-Cola and several other major companies recently invested millions of dollars to push forward a nascent resin called PEF, and the move raises questions about the composition of the plastics recycling stream in the decades to come.
Through the first three months of 2017, exports of recovered plastics were up 21 percent compared with 2016.
Price for recycled acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) have been rebounding in May, supported by tighter supply.
Avangard Innovative is continuing its efforts to optimize plastics recycling streams with the assistance of new technology, and the results are playing into bale price negotiations.
Getting recovered resins approved for use in automotive parts can be challenging, but succeeding can pay major dividends.
With the frequency of container deposit-related legislation, advocates often look to other states for examples of what to expect when a new law is proposed, and there’s no shortage of states to refer to.
A patented process for turning plastics to wax and a forward-looking update from Europe were among the topics that captured our readers’ attention last month.
California officials no longer envision immediate cuts to programs funded by the state’s beverage container fund because the fund’s financial future looks brighter.