A pyrolysis company converting post-consumer plastics into fuels and waxes will get a big boost from British oil and gas giant BP.
A pyrolysis company converting post-consumer plastics into fuels and waxes will get a big boost from British oil and gas giant BP.
Plastics reclaimer Applied Materials Trading is buying additional processing equipment and moving into a larger space.
After used nets are collected, they undergo a cleaning and drying process before they’re baled and sent to a reclaimer.
A consortium focused on recovering marine plastics for recycling has rolled out its first product: an office chair made with recycled nylon.
An Indiana-based recycled plastics broker will open a $2.3 million processing plant.
A PET reclaimer will open its third recycling plant next year, adding another 100 million pounds of processing capacity.
A sample of products containing bromine, as found by researchers.
A researcher has found black plastics from electronics are being recycled into a variety of household applications, despite still containing additives that he says could be hazardous.
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Ecoplast operates a plastics processing plant in Wildon, Austria. Credit: Ecoplast
Virgin resin giant Borealis will purchase a European plastics reclaimer, the latest move by the prime plastics maker to extend its recycling presence.
Canadian companies Emterra Group and Merlin Plastics are deepening their ongoing partnership, with an eye on the evolving world of corporate sustainability.
When a vehicle enters the end-of-life stream, its metals will probably be recovered. But the plastics are likely headed to landfill, despite the fact that many of them are high-value, high-performance polymers.
A major southwest city is looking to develop a facility that will process the city’s mixed plastics stream through plastics-to-fuel or mechanical recycling. It has received three proposals.