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Circularix starts Florida RPET plant, expands PA site

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RPET producer Circularix has completed commercial startup of its second food-grade pelletizing facility, located in Ocala, Florida, and announced it will expand capacity at its flagship site in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.

CalRecycle reopens comments for SB 54 rules

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California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) has opened the public comment period for its latest draft of regulations for the state’s extended producer responsibility law for packaging, which have drawn criticism from industry stakeholders.

Baled plastics for recycling.

WEF tackles plastic pollution in developing nations

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Since its founding in 2018, the Global Plastic Action Partnership, part of the World Economic Forum, has worked to address plastic pollution in developing countries, creating a network of partnerships across Latin America, Asia and Africa.

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FROM THE PRINT EDITION

Five trends for plastic recycling in 2025

by Steve Alexander

State policy moves, competition from virgin resin and other trends are likely to define the year ahead.

The Design Guide turns 30

by Dan Holtmeyer

APR’s guide to designing for recyclability marks three decades of improvement and change.

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Breaking down chemical recycling

by Marissa Heffernan

Purification and depolymerization and conversion, oh, my! We look into these technologies and their role in plastics recovery.

The new age of textile recycling

by Colin Staub

As plastic dominates textile production, recycling sectors are merging and new methods are taking hold.

Textile recycling: Where do we stand?

by Marisa Adler

In the past decade, we’ve seen a wave of textile recyclers emerge, seeking to fill a gap in textile recycling to meet soaring demand for recycled fibers.

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FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY

A new approach to sorting PET and more at MRFs

by Jared Paben

An autonomous system developed by Bulk Handling Systems is really more of a sorting loop than a sorting line.

BHS container sorting loop rendering.

PP grant brings robot to a facility’s sorting line

by Jared Paben

With a little help from The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, a Fresno-based MRF has entered the world of robotics.

AMP Robotics installation team.

How a de-dusting system cleaned up RPET sheets

by Jared Paben

Specialized equipment is reducing the presence of gels in rPlanet Earth’s RPET sheets, allowing the Southern California-based reclaimer to sell them for higher prices.

Pelletron De-Duster installed on site.

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