A facility near London is using a new baffled oscillation technology to separate PP and PE in a water tank, and a study says more rPET could be used in hot-fill containers.
A facility near London is using a new baffled oscillation technology to separate PP and PE in a water tank, and a study says more rPET could be used in hot-fill containers.
ExxonMobil is part of a project developing a type of flexible film that could be more easily integrated into the PE collection stream, and a detergent bottle maker focuses on recycled HDPE.
A bio-derived plastic that could replace PET in food and drink packaging has received interim approval from an industry organization in Europe.
An improvement in virgin feedstocks allows better performance in recycled-content HDPE products, and two companies cooperate to supply a continuous PET-to-textile-fibers line.
Two PET recycling articles and a high-stakes battle over carpet stewardship drew readers’ clicks in April.
When recycling processor Invema switched from a high-speed friction washer to an updated system relying on boilers and chemicals, something unexpected happened: Energy usage decreased by 20 percent.
New meat and poultry packaging sold in the U.K. includes more than 95 percent recycled PET and is designed to improve recyclability.
In the not-too-distant future, artificial intelligence may see and control all that’s happening in a recycling facility. But first, it’s going to do some work on a quality control line.
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A study has backed up a frequent message among plastics recycling companies: Successful recyclability starts in the product design phase.