A company creating plastics processing aids from recycled plastics has announced a new line of PP waxes.
A company creating plastics processing aids from recycled plastics has announced a new line of PP waxes.
A new compatibilizer boosts the properties of plastics made from mixed streams of PP and PE, according to DuPont. Continue Reading
Packaging producers should choose clear or translucent PET containers because opaque and colored ones inhibit recycling of the material into higher-value applications.
South Africa recycled more total plastic in 2015 than the year before, but the country’s plastics diversion rate dropped and plastics recycling companies struggled.
Equipment companies release innovative optical sortation technologies, and the Association of Plastic Recyclers recognizes research improving recyclability.
A small Midwest town is slated to welcome a plastics-to-fuel facility converting up to 100,000 tons of mixed plastics per year into gasoline and diesel fuels.
After banning imports of plastic scrap earlier this year, the Indian government has decided to allow exceptions under specific circumstances.
Instead of separating fiber and PE, two British companies are producing a mixed PE-fiber recycled resin, and the growing potential for rPET in nonwoven fabrics is explored.
A European Union panel approved a pair of proposals that bring recovered material into plastic food and beverage packaging.
Researchers have launched a project to measure the depth of demand for post-consumer recycled plastics in the U.S. and Canada. Continue Reading