Without using heat or pressure, a small commercial-sized facility in Quebec is breaking down post-consumer PET into its component monomers so they can be recycled into new PET.
Without using heat or pressure, a small commercial-sized facility in Quebec is breaking down post-consumer PET into its component monomers so they can be recycled into new PET.
A five-year-old plastics recycling equipment company based in Vermont is focusing its products on the layperson and filling a void in the recycling world.
A research project explored the use of potentially contaminated recycled content materials behind barriers in food packaging. The conclusion: We’re not quite there yet, but some important next steps have been determined.
Chicago residents are closer to paying bag fees, and plastics recycling equipment innovations were on display at Germany’s K show.
An international reclaimer says it has started the world’s first commercial production of recycled polycarbonate/acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (PC/ABS) from e-scrap and end-of-life appliances.
Get the details on a number of plastic recycling innovations, including a label adhesive, a method of recovering plastics from durable goods and a recyclable plastic aerosol dispenser.
Metabolix, a Massachusetts company that developed a bio-based additive for recycled PVC, is scrambling financially and could be forced to scale back or shut down.
New research out of Germany holds promise for high-accuracy optical sorting of black plastics at reasonable costs.
Industry stakeholders in Europe have developed a way to more quickly decontaminate recovered plastics that have been in contact with pesticides and solvents.
An optical sorting technology and two approaches to PET recycling are among the items we detail in this month’s look at industry-related patents.