The PureCycle facility in Denver, Pennsylvania is primarily sourcing PP bales from MRFs across the Northeast. | Ulrich Mueller/Shutterstock
Polypropylene recycling firm PureCycle has started up a feedstock preparation plant in Pennsylvania, bringing in plastic bales from MRFs and extracting the PP for processing at the company’s main Ohio facility. Continue Reading
Revolution Sustainable Solutions said its latest acquisition represented a focus on food-grade packaging. | Courtesy of Revolution Sustainable Solutions
Plastics recycling and manufacturing company Revolution Sustainable Solutions continued its streak of 2024 acquisitions with the purchase of the Michigan-based Island Plastics, which Revolution said would boost capabilities in clear, food-grade resin. Continue Reading
The addition of 350 million pounds of annual processing capacity comes as feedstock-preparation company Cyclyx, a joint venture involving ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell, announces FID on a second U.S. plant in Texas. | JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock
Energy giant ExxonMobil is expanding its U.S. chemical recycling footprint, with 350 million additional pounds of capacity expected to start up in Texas in 2026.
The first report from The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition set a goal of increasing the U.S. PP recycling rate in the next two years. | Afanasiev Andrii/Shutterstock
The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition has given out $15 million in 60 grants, improving PP recycling access for 48 million people in 26 states, according to its first annual report. Continue Reading
The Ohio facility will help ADS explore new ways of using recycled resin, among other research work. | Photo courtesy ADS
One of the largest recycled plastics processors in the country has started up an engineering center in Ohio, where the company will research and test materials for use in its industrial water management products. Continue Reading
Panelists at the 2024 E-Scrap Conference provided insight into issues facing e-plastics, and their views on what lies ahead. | Big Wave Productions/Resource Recycling
With domestic demand building slowly, U.S. processors must look to industries outside electronics manufacturing to absorb their e-plastics volumes, according to panelists at the recent E-Scrap Conference in Orlando. Continue Reading
About 30,000 tons of biopharma single-use plastic is disposed of every year globally, representing a unique opportunity for closed-loop recycling, some in the industry say. | Elpisterra/Shutterstock
The medical and research fields hold great potential for closed-loop plastic recycling as long as logistics can be solved, some in the industry recently said – and several companies are working to do just that. Continue Reading
Last year, Trex sourced 328 million pounds of PE through all its channels, and it recently released a drop-off guide to help increase that volume. | Joyce Blessthink/Shutterstock
A major processor and end user of recycled PE film has rolled out a user-friendly guide showing film drop-off locations nationwide, seeking to bolster its feedstock source through consumer education. Continue Reading
Plastic pallet maker Greystone Logistics has facilities in Iowa, Missouri and Indiana. | Courtesy of Greystone Logistics
A processor and end user of recycled PE benefited from lower recycled plastic prices and greater demand for the company’s pallets during the most recent fiscal year. Continue Reading
A shuttered film processing facility once owned by Myplas is set to be revived by GDB International. | Saravutpics/Shutterstock
A Minnesota plastic film processing facility that experienced a high-profile failure early this year will reopen with longtime plastics recycling company GDB International at the reins. Continue Reading