GreenMantra Technologies says its waxes, made from post-consumer plastics, can be used as additives to boost profitability for other reclaimers. Continue Reading
GreenMantra Technologies says its waxes, made from post-consumer plastics, can be used as additives to boost profitability for other reclaimers. Continue Reading
A research and development facility that recently opened in Europe aims to transform reclaimed plastics into higher-value applications.
A Canadian metropolitan region home to 2.5 million people is considering imposing a disposal ban on expanded polystyrene.
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.
A new group in Europe is working to build a demonstration plant to recycle EPS building insulation containing a brominated flame retardant.
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.