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FDA letters cover recycling of polyolefins

Published: March 16, 2022
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Starlinger and Co. HDPE milk bottles.

Starlinger and Co. received letters of no-objection for the company’s technologies for recycling HDPE scrap into food-grade post-consumer resin. | Starlinger and Co.

The U.S. FDA green-lighted a process to recycle LLDPE scrap into food packaging, one of several letters the agency issued over the past seven months.

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What erratic plastic pricing has meant for a major manufacturer

Published: February 16, 2022
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Closeup of drainage pipes.

Volatile pricing in resin markets has presented challenges for Advanced Drainage Systems over the past year. | Chris Tennant/Shutterstock

Using recycled plastic is good business for Advanced Drainage Systems, but recent reports and interviews make clear that it’s not always painless.

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PlastiCycle’s new location positions it for growth

Published: February 2, 2022
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Inside the PlastiCycle facility.

PlastiCycle’s Nashville facility has two grinding lines and a pelletizing line, which the new Franklin, Ky. facility will also get, in addition to a wash line. | Courtesy of PlastiCycle

Plastics reclaimer PlastiCycle will double its capacity and invest in a wash line as part of a $6 million expansion project.

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Notable names are among recent FDA letter recipients

Published: September 9, 2021
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PET bottles for recycling.

A number of companies recently gained approval to use their technologies to produce recycled resin for sale into food and drink packaging markets. | Nixx Photography/Shutterstock

A chemical recycling startup, a massive resin producer, equipment providers and packaging producers are among the companies that have received the green light to recycle plastic into food and drink packaging.

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Greystone reports lower revenues and profits

Published: September 9, 2021
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Business team meeting with documents and laptop.

Greystone Logistics recycles about 88 million pounds of post-consumer HDPE per year into plastic pallets. | Freedomz / Shutterstock

A major manufacturer of recycled-polyethylene pallets experienced lower sales and income figures in the last year, but company leadership was pleased with the numbers given the myriad market challenges of late.

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Report: Cities should prioritize PET, HDPE, PP collection

Published: July 28, 2021
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Curbside waste and recycling for collection.

A study from GAIA found that, in five selected cities, only 24% of PET, HDPE and PP was getting recycled. | Meg Wallace Photography / Shutterstock

A study published today by the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives outlines familiar problems and constraints with the U.S. plastics recycling system.

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Reclaimer hopes to ‘break the log jam’ in scrap supply

Published: June 16, 2021
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International Recycling Group plant rendering.

Rendering of the planned “SuperPRF” courtesy of International Recycling Group.

International Recycling Group hopes to finish financing a $150 million plastics recovery facility by the end of the year, with the massive plant scheduled to come on-line in 2023.

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