Operators of materials recovery facilities are increasing their labor forces and installing additional sorting equipment in response to Chinese restrictions on scrap imports. As companies increase sortation efforts to create a higher-quality output, attention is also turning to the domestic plastics processing market.
A Portland, Ore. reclaimer is making plans for a facility that would sort out less commonly recycled plastics coming from across the region.
Envision Plastics has launched a bottle made completely from materials at risk of becoming marine debris.
Packaging and industrial products company Sonoco will acquire a Florida thermoformer that uses high levels of RPET flake in its products.
The QCP recycled plastics facility in the Netherlands is now partially owned by prime plastic producer LyondellBasell.
LyondellBasell, one of biggest plastic and chemical companies on the planet, has stepped into the plastics recycling sector for the first time. A high-level executive recently explained what drove the decision.
North Carolina-based Plastic Revolutions is expanding to separate certain resins from mixed plastic bales, a response to growing supply as China’s import policies take hold.
A major southwest city is looking to develop a facility that will process the city’s mixed plastics stream through plastics-to-fuel or mechanical recycling. It has received three proposals.
Green Tech Solution is developing a recycling facility in Blacksburg, S.C.
A Chinese investment firm is planning a $75 million recycling plant to process scrap plastics, electronics and other materials.
A planned South Carolina processing facility will shred, wash and pelletize a variety of scrap plastics with an emphasis on post-industrial material, a company leader has confirmed to Plastics Recycling Update.
A reclaimer and end user will open a $35 million facility in North Carolina, taking in HDPE and mixed-plastic bales for its internal use and for sale as regrind on the market.