A recycling process using a rotary drum and infrared radiation effectively decontaminates PET, according to the FDA. The agency also gave a nod to recycling a PP/HDPE blend into food packaging. Continue Reading
A recycling process using a rotary drum and infrared radiation effectively decontaminates PET, according to the FDA. The agency also gave a nod to recycling a PP/HDPE blend into food packaging. Continue Reading
Sheet obtained from marine plastics to test their recyclability.
Spanish fishermen have pulled a sample of nearly 1,800 pounds of marine litter from the ocean. Now, researchers are working to see what kinds of products the recovered material could be recycled into.
In one Chicago recycling facility, natural and colored HDPE are being picked from the residential recyclables mix with the latest sorting technology: a robot with artificial intelligence.
A global labels company has developed a PET bottle label that meets recyclability standards and is made with post-consumer plastic.
Depolymerization company Loop Industries has signed a letter of intent to supply recycled PET to beauty products giant L’Oréal.
The Closed Loop Fund will provide millions of dollars to help scale up a PP recycling technology in Ohio.
A Canadian company that recycle EPS via a dissolution process has raised millions of dollars to help it scale up.
Quebec startup Loop Industries has unveiled a more efficient technology for depolymerizing scrap PET.
A packaging converter has released a stand-up pouch that can be recycled via retail PE film collection.
This story has been updated.
Inertia continues to build toward the use of tracers and digital watermarks to improve optical sortation of post-consumer packaging. Procter & Gamble is leading an effort to keep everybody on the same page and avoid market fragmentation.