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 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.
Packaging company HLP Klearfold released a 100% RPET folding carton. | Courtesy of HLP Klearfold
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Montgomery, Ala. has reached an agreement to assume ownership of Infinitus Energy’s shuttered mixed-waste processing operation.
China will ban the sale of plastic bags in certain areas, stepping up to a complete ban nationwide by 2025. | olesea vetrila/Shutterstock
After shaking up the U.S. recycling sector with an import ban on post-consumer plastics, the Chinese government is taking aim at its own plastic waste generation.
Prices for natural HDPE bales have remained at record highs this month, but color HDPE bale prices have fallen.
The development of a new domestic e-plastics outlet comes at a time of market turbulence for the low-value materials. | KPixMining/Shutterstock
An Indiana plastics processing operation will consume roughly 40 million pounds of plastic from e-scrap and other products annually. Brightmark Energy plans to start up the facility in mid-2020.
Post-consumer PET prices have remained steady over the past month, but HDPE grades have slipped.
Prices for curbside natural high-density polyethylene have climbed even higher over the past month.