A number of new label technologies will improve the ability to process scrap PET bottles. | DedMityay/Shutterstock
Two pressure-sensitive labels and one shrink-sleeve label recently received recognition from the Association of Plastic Recyclers because they were proven not to interfere with the PET recycling process.
The U.S. FDA recently approved a number of recycling technologies for converting PET into use for food and drink packaging. | RecycleMan/Shutterstock
The FDA gave Indorama Ventures the green light to use a depolymerization technology to produce RPET for food and drink packaging. The agency also gave nods for other PET, HDPE and PP recycling processes.
TechniSoil Industrial can process post-consumer or post-industrial PET for it’s asphalt binder product. | Courtesy of Technisoil.
A California company is using glycolysis to depolymerize PET scrap for use in an asphalt binder. The pavement it produces is stronger than traditional hot-mix asphalt.
Brightmark is seeking over 1,000,000 tons of difficult-to-recycle plastics for chemical recycling. | hiv360/Shutterstock
A chemical recycling firm is on the hunt for a massive quantity of plastics Nos. 1-7, material the company plans to process at plastics-to-fuel facilities across the country.
Two industry veterans recently spoke about scrap plastics supply conditions and typical practices at recycling facilities. | Maciej Bledowski/Shutterstock
A pair of longtime plastics recycling professionals discussed melt filtration advancements, deodorizing processes, bale supply issues and more during a recent webinar.
Large rigid plastics were among the materials recycled in a research project directed by AIMPLAS. | Vershinin89/Shutterstock
The Spanish plastics research institute AIMPLAS has written about a project through which plastics from bulky items were recycled into products using a variety of technologies.
A new film from Amcor can be used in spouted pouches, flow wraps and other types of packaging. | GO DESIGN/Shutterstock
Sesotec in July unveiled the VARISORT+ sorting system, which the company developed to target plastic bottles and trays.
A redesigned optical sorter from Sesotec provides high throughput while maintaining accuracy in identifying different plastics.
The Mistral Compact from Pellenc ST can sort a variety of types of recyclables. | Courtesy of Pellenc ST
Major equipment installations come with logistical considerations, and for space-limited plastics sorting facilities, that makes things complicated.
Tomra’s GAIN system can be used on a conveyor belt traveling up to 3 meters per second.
Tomra Sorting Recycling has launched a feature to help boost capabilities of optical sorters in the company’s Autosort line.