Two new wet grinders have been installed next to the old one. | Jared Paben/Plastics Recycling Update
A Pacific Northwest PET reclaimer is working to expand its capacity, with an eye toward continued population growth in Oregon and a potential bottle bill on the horizon in Washington state. Continue Reading
Innovative designers are developing applications for recycled content that range from industrial molding and compounding to residential seating. | Courtesy of Herman Miller
Two companies are marketing chairs made from recycled content, and another two debuted lines of post-consumer polymers.
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The collection push aims to provide more RPET for processing into food-grade resin. | Pook jun/Shutterstock
The Mexican Coca-Cola Industry and bottle recycler PetStar plan to invest $14.8 million to add 15 PET collection facilities across Mexico in 2023 and expand some existing facilities. Continue Reading
The companies are responding to packaging regulations and consumer demand. | Courtesy of Indorama and Evertis
PET film company Evertis and chemical company Indorama Ventures are collaborating to make PET thermoforms more circular. Continue Reading
Europe’s PET imports doubled from 2021 to 2022. | Aykut Erdogdu/Shutterstock
Could minimum recycled content mandates for PET bottles simply drive an increase in RPET imports? A recycling industry group in Europe is concerned that’s happening there. Continue Reading
The two companies have been collaborating for over a year on an enzymatic depolymerization method that they say results in “virgin-like” products. | Courtesy of Carbios
Indorama Ventures and biotech company Carbios are planning a joint effort to build a PET biorecycling facility in France. Continue Reading
Interface Polymers is looking to make its operations more efficient, and CAI Performance Additives wants to make compounding easier. | Courtesy of PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited
Two additive companies are expanding their offerings, Interface Polymers with an investment from GC Ventures and CAI Performance Additives with a new polymeric chain extender. Continue Reading
The customized facility will eventually become Verdeco’s headquarters. | Korn9/Shutterstock
Equipment is being installed in Verdeco’s new operation in South Carolina, putting the PET recycling firm on track to bring an additional 90 million pounds of capacity on-line this summer.
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Big names in food and other consumer goods are making big moves to use less virgin plastic. | Dilok Klaisataporn/Shutterstock
Several large brands have recently upped their use of recycled plastics and updated their goals accordingly. Continue Reading
According to data from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, about 6.3% of the plastic packaging PepsiCo produced in 2021 was PCR. | Zety Akhzar/Shutterstock
PepsiCo will increase its RPET use in Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Aquafina drink bottles in the U.S. in 2023, the company announced. Continue Reading