Scientists in Singapore have found another potential use for post-consumer PET bottles: aerogels.
Scientists in Singapore have found another potential use for post-consumer PET bottles: aerogels.
A PET recycling process using infrared radiation to help decontaminate flakes was one of several recent technologies that received a green light from a European review body.
Nestlé Waters North America has signed a pre-buy agreement with CarbonLite, deepening its already entwined relationship with the PET reclaimer.
The U.S. PET bottle recycling rate inched upward to 29.2 percent last year.
Virgin plastics company Equipolymers will sell a food-grade PET made with 25 percent chemically recycled plastic.
A brand owner has announced it will use a shrink sleeve label that detaches during the bottle wash cycle at plastics recycling facilities.
The state of California will provide another loan to help a packaging producer boost its RPET consumption.
A depolymerization technology firm has landed an RPET sales deal with one of the world’s largest food and drink companies.
Two Canadian depolymerization startups recently signed significant deals to advance commercialization of their technologies.
Some beverage brand owners are moving toward 100 percent RPET bottles, but one of the country’s largest PET reclaimers says the magic number may be half that amount.