An in-development plastics recycling company will take in difficult-to-recover plastics, including PP from sharps, mixed rigid bales and PET fines.
An in-development plastics recycling company will take in difficult-to-recover plastics, including PP from sharps, mixed rigid bales and PET fines.
Prices for recycled PET are under downward pressure due to lower prime PET prices, which in turn reflect plentiful PET imports.
One of the largest blow molders in the U.S. has purchased one of Europe’s largest bottle reclaimers.
PET bottle collection and recycling in Europe continues to grow, according to the PET Recycling in Europe 2015 report.
An industry group has determined the U.K.’s plastics recycling rate is around 33 percent.
Reverse vending machines are introduced in South Africa’s largest city to promote recycling.
A label manufacturer releases a line geared toward recyclability, and a Canadian polystyrene recycling company is set to expand thanks to significant outside investment.
California-based Verdeco Recycling is preparing to open an operation in central Indiana that could annually produce up to 60 million pounds of rPET for food grade applications.
Recycling facilities will likely encounter more PET water containers in the years ahead.
An eight-month initiative in several Chicago hospitals aims to collect 100 tons of plastic and demonstrate the business case for health-care plastics recycling.
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