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Plastics processor launches recycled PS, ABS resins

Published: February 12, 2025
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Plastic Recycling, Inc. has invested a total of $17 million of dollars into extrusion lines and labs to create recycled ABS and PS compounds from e-plastics. | Courtesy of Plastic Recycling Inc.

Midwest-based Plastic Recycling, Inc. is looking to provide compounds for OEMs and automotive manufacturers that fit a wide range of specifications and just happen to be made from e-scrap.  Continue Reading

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Eastman optimistic on chemical recycling demand

Published: February 5, 2025
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CEO Mark Costa said the company’s second chemical recycling plant has already received its first funds from the Department of Energy, amid uncertainty for federal funding for Inflation Reduction Act projects. | Petrmalinak/Shutterstock

Amid uncertainty surrounding projects funded through the Inflation Reduction Act, the CEO of Tennessee-headquartered Eastman expressed confidence in the future of its second U.S. chemical recycling plant, which was greenlit upon a $375 million award from the Department of Energy.  Continue Reading

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RPET supplier Circularix gears up for expansion

Published: February 5, 2025
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Circularix will double the capacity of its Pennsylvania plant, pictured here, and open a new facility in Florida. | Photo courtesy Circularix

A company that brings in recycled PET flake and processes it into food-grade pellets will open its second U.S. facility in Florida the coming months and double the capacity of its first plant later this year. Continue Reading

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California RPET market lightly affected by wildfires

Published: January 29, 2025
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Although reclaimers and others experienced disruptions in electricity and logistics, the regional RPET market as yet has not been significantly affected. | Eley Archive/Shutterstock

As the threat from wildfires in Southern California subsides thanks to heavy rains in the region, market participants said that so far the effect on RPET market has been minimal, though workers’ lives were disrupted. Continue Reading

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PureCycle opens secondary sorting plant targeting PP

Published: December 18, 2024
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Bales of plastic for recycling.

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

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Revolution acquires Michigan film reclaimer

Published: December 18, 2024
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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

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ExxonMobil, Cyclyx increasing Texas recycling capacity

Published: November 27, 2024
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ExxonMobil company sign outside a company facility in Texas.

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.

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PP Recycling Coalition sets 5% recycling growth goal

Published: November 6, 2024
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Closeup of PP.

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

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ADS opens research center for recycled resin

Published: October 30, 2024
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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

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The untapped potential of e-plastics

Published: October 23, 2024
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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

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