Kal-Polymers installed a customized line at its 110,000-square-foot Flowery Branch, Ga. plant. | Courtesy of Kal-Polymers
Kal-Polymers is spending up to $4 million to install an integrated processing line, which is boosting PP recycling capacity and allowing the firm to handle higher levels of contamination.
CarbonLite’s upcoming Florida facility will source 100 million or more pounds of post-consumer PET from the surrounding region. | Nixx Photography/Shutterstock
A PET bottle reclaimer will construct an $80 million plant in Florida. The project is in its early stages.
Indorama said the acquisition of Green Fiber International extends the company’s recycled flake supply chain to the West Coast. | fizkes/Shutterstock
Global PET producer Indorama Ventures paid nearly $25 million for California PET reclaimer Green Fiber International, new financial disclosures show.
The new equipment will allow Denton Plastics to take in contaminated source-separated plastics that are too dirty for the company to process today, such as material from plant nurseries. | Zoran Milosavljevic/Shutterstock
Oregon-based Denton Plastics will add equipment allowing the company to process contaminated source-separated plastics.
The new NERC report includes 15 new and 10 expanding facilities processing recycled plastics in North America. | Warut Chinsai/Shutterstock
The North American plastics recycling sector is poised to add over 1 billion pounds of annual capacity, according to a group charting processing growth.
Packaging producer Cascades will purchase new thermoforming lines for products made with recycled PS and PET content, the company announced. Continue Reading
Plastics recycling stakeholders, it’s time to elevate your game. That was the message delivered in a variety of different ways from industry leaders in New Orleans this week.
As a Baltimore-area plastics recovery facility ramps up to full production, a project leader discusses the plastics currently entering and leaving the building. Continue Reading
Projects that improve polypropylene packaging recovery are eligible for substantial financial support from the Closed Loop Fund.
Unilever thinks the key to tackling multi-material flexible packaging waste may be to dissolve, separate and precipitate its PE content so it can be recycled. The giant brand owner plans to test the approach at a facility in East Java, Indonesia.