A brand owner has announced it will use a shrink sleeve label that detaches during the bottle wash cycle at plastics recycling facilities.
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.
A German manufacturer of electronics and appliances reported it is using recycled plastics, including nylon from fishing nets, in a number of products.
This story has been corrected.
California legislation requiring 20 percent recycled content in PET bottles failed. Meanwhile, state lawmakers passed a number of other plastic and recycling-related bills before adjourning.
Recycled plastic yarn manufacturer Unifi saw an increase in sales last year, including stronger demand for its recycled flake and chip. But higher PET bale prices cut into profits.
Researchers have calculated substantial upsides from making products out of recycled PET, HDPE and PP instead of prime plastics.
Indorama Ventures has acquired a French PET and HDPE reclaimer, making it the latest prime plastics giant to step further into the recycling space.