A PET reclaimer will open its third recycling plant next year, adding another 100 million pounds of processing capacity.
A PET reclaimer will open its third recycling plant next year, adding another 100 million pounds of processing capacity.
Clean PET flake may be allowed into China instead of being considered a waste prohibited from import, according to several sources with knowledge of the situation.
The facility of Tigard, Ore.-based Agilyx, which processes polystyrene and recently entered a partnership with virgin plastics maker Ineos Styrolution.
Major prime plastics producers have recently made moves to embrace cutting-edge recycling technologies, including applying depolymerization to challenging plastics streams.
Two equipment companies will demonstrate an inline system capable of taking PET bottle flake through to sheet.
For more than two decades, Erema’s Laserfilter has been used to remove contaminants from polyolefin melt streams. A year ago, the company released a PET version, and the market interest has been strong, according to the Austria-headquartered company.
Swedish apparel giant H&M last year saw a notable drop in its consumption of recovered PET for polyester applications. But the company did report progress on marine debris, depolymerization and other initiatives.
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 company using enzymes to break down PET into its components has successfully applied its technology to textiles.
Packaging and industrial products company Sonoco will acquire a Florida thermoformer that uses high levels of RPET flake in its products.
A rendering of the planned Millville Plastics facility in New Jersey.
A $20 million New Jersey plastics recycling facility is in development, and project leaders say it will process roughly 100 million pounds of scrap plastics per year for sale into a variety of end markets.