Brett Stevens, TerraCycle
In the run-up to next month’s Plastics Recycling 2017, we sat down with some of the industry experts who will be taking the conference stage. This week, we offer a Q&A with Brett Stevens of TerraCycle, who discusses his company’s partnership with a consumer-products giant to turn marine debris into new packaging.
Volume and price levels for scrap material sent out of the U.S. recently experienced month-to-month increases. However, cumulative export totals for 2016 continued to lag those of 2015.
Despite deep uncertainties in the global oil market, a firm in Indiana says it intends to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in an operation to convert auto shredder residue into diesel and gasoline. Continue Reading
A leading shipping line executive says recovered materials exporters can expect to see a different global freight environment in the next year. This will substantially affect the current recycling marketplace.
Following the recent shuttering of nearly 200 container redemption centers in California, the state says it is exploring ways to prevent further closures as it grapples with its own funding questions.
California has under-subsidized its container redemption centers to the tune of $43 million in recent years, leading a significant number of them to close, according to the Container Recycling Institute.
A report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation argues plastics recycling must play a vital role in achieving a “new plastics economy.”
A production line at GreenMantra Technology’s wax plant in Brantford, Ontario.
Through its use of a catalyst in a patented process, a Canadian company is recycling PE and PP into a variety of industrial waxes.
As recycled resin markets struggle, San Francisco leaders have called for a statewide bill mandating at least 25 percent recycled content in all single-use plastic beverage containers.
Composite lumber manufacturer Trex is reducing the amount of recycled polyethylene it buys and sells, even while the company continues to post record profits.