Construction is underway on the rPlanet Earth facility in Vernon, Calif.
Construction is underway on a massive Los Angeles-area plastics recycling facility that will take PET bales all the way to bottle preforms, extruded sheet and thermoform packaging.
A tissue and packaging maker will invest millions of dollars into expanding its ability to use recycled PET and foam PS in its products.
Christoph Wöss, Erema
Two plastics equipment companies recently held a demonstration of what they call the world’s first inline system converting washed PET flakes into bottle pre-forms.
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.
Packaging and industrial products company Sonoco will acquire a Florida thermoformer that uses high levels of RPET flake in its products.
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 PET reclaimer will open its third recycling plant next year, adding another 100 million pounds of processing capacity.
A huge PET recycling plant has begun operations in the Los Angeles area, and details have been released about equipment working in the vertically integrated facility.
Resin producer DAK Americas will acquire Perpetual Recycling Solutions’ PET recycling facility in Richmond, Ind., the latest move in a trend of virgin resin companies deepening their involvement in the recycling industry.
BHS equipment in CarbonLITE’s Dallas PET recycling facility.
Bulk Handling Systems will provide robots and other sorting innovations for an upcoming PET recycling plant in Pennsylvania.