Rendering of the planned “SuperPRF” courtesy of International Recycling Group.
International Recycling Group hopes to finish financing a $150 million plastics recovery facility by the end of the year, with the massive plant scheduled to come on-line in 2023.
PinnPack, which uses RPET to produce recycled-content thermoformed packaging, will be auctioned today (June 16). | Konektus Photo / Shutterstock
An auction will be held today to sell PinnPack, a thermoform packaging manufacturer owned by bankrupt company CarbonLite. Meanwhile, acquisitions of the company’s three PET recycling plants have been finalized.
Keep America Beautiful expects the new PET-focused ad to have a reach of 200 million impressions. | Kwangmoozaa/Shutterstock
Keep America Beautiful has launched a public service announcement encouraging consumers to recycle PET bottles.
Indorama Ventures Sustainable Solutions will install AMUT equipment at its Alabama RPET facility, including de-labeling equipment like the unit pictured above. | Courtesy of AMUT
Indorama Ventures Sustainable Solutions is spending significantly to more than double the size and flake-production capacity of its Alabama PET recycling plant, according to interviews and city documents.
CG Roxane’s San Bernardino, Calif. facility is capable of processing 35 million pounds of RPET annually. The new plant in Tennessee will have the same capacity. | Courtesy of CG Roxane
CG Roxane has broken ground on a recycled PET facility in Tennessee that’s slated to open within a year. The company says the new site will help it hit 50% RPET in its products nationally.
Equipment in CarbonLite’s Dallas PET recycling facility. Indorama Ventures submitted the high bid to acquire the plant during an auction this week.
As part of a bankruptcy case, DAK Americas, Indorama Ventures and The Sterling Group have submitted the high bids to acquire CarbonLite’s PET recycling facilities.
End users in the decking and insulation markets reported using more recycled content in 2020. | saravutpics / Shutterstock
Composite decking producer Azek leveraged more recycled material in its 2020 fiscal year, and insulation manufacturer Kingspan reported that it’s now taking in RPET.
Coca-Cola has a goal to use 50% PCR by 2030 in its packaging portfolio. | Dilok Klaisataporn / Shutterstock
A leader at Coca-Cola estimates the beverage giant will approach 20% RPET use by the end of 2021.
Ice Mountain water distribution at Gleaners Mercado Food Hub Pantry in Detroit, Michigan. | Courtesy of BlueTriton Brands
BlueTriton Brands, formerly known as Nestlé Waters, announced that Ice Mountain products will be packaged using more recycled material.
Prices for curbside plastic bales shot up over the past month, with PET bottles jumping by nearly one-third and natural HDPE notching another record.