Tag Archives: PC

As You Sow targets EPS used by four major companies

Published: February 8, 2017
Updated: May 31, 2017
by Jared Paben

Shareholders of Target and other giant brands will likely decide whether they want the businesses to stop using expanded polystyrene.

Posted in News, Top stories | Tagged challenging materials, environment, EPS, industry groups, PC, PS, United States |

MBA Polymers begins producing recycled PC/ABS

Published: April 29, 2016
Updated: December 1, 2016
by Editorial Staff

An international reclaimer says it has started the world’s first commercial production of recycled polycarbonate/acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (PC/ABS) from e-scrap and end-of-life appliances.

Posted in Technology Edition | Tagged ABS, e-scrap, Europe, PC, plastic, technology, United States |

The latest plastics recycling news

Composite decking companies expand, boosting PCR demand
Recycled-plastic decking manufacturers are responding to strong markets for their products by expanding production capacity, including UFP buying reclaimer Cedar Poly and Fiberon breaking ground on a facility in Tennessee.
Industry reacts to passage of Colorado packaging EPR bill
While many industry leaders praised the recent passage of a Colorado bill establishing extended producer responsibility for printed paper and packaging, others are calling for Gov. Jared Polis to veto it.
McKinsey weighs in on chemical recycling potential
If $40 billion were invested in chemical recycling technologies and certain constraints were resolved, chemical recycling processes could satisfy 4-8% of total polymer demand by 2030, according to a new analysis.
COVID-19 hurt TerraCycle’s recycled materials sales in ’21
TerraCycle US continued to rake in more money from companies paying it to operate mail-in recycling programs, but it incurred steeper losses doing the actual recycling of plastic and other materials.
Startup creates circular economy for lab plastics
The co-founders of Polycarbin met in medical school, on track to become plastic surgeons. That’s a point of irony now, they said, as their lab plastics recycling business continues to grow.
Plastics recycling report draws mainstream notice
A recent report on plastic recycling rates from The Last Beach Clean Up and Beyond Plastics has attracted the attention of several large news outlets and the mainstream public, but industry leaders said the data is misleading and counter-productive.
EPR and packaging-reduction bill introduced in New York
An extended producer responsibility bill that has the support of environmental activists was recently introduced in New York, while a Colorado EPR bill moved to the Senate floor.