A deal between Merlin Plastics and NOVA Chemicals was big news last month. | Courtesy of NOVA Chemicals.
News about Merlin’s deal with a resin giant grabbed reader attention last month. California’s recycled-content mandate and updates from China also drew lots of interest.
An article about a company turning PET scrap into asphalt binder was of interest in August. | Courtesy of Technisoil.
A story on Brightmark’s procurement plans grabbed reader attention in August. Coverage of film recycling updates also proved popular.
News about a California location now processing hard-to-recycle plastics captured attention last month. | Courtesy of PreZero.
Articles about investments to boost plastics recycling and the future career plans of an industry veteran drew readers’ interest last month.
News about the latest approvals to use recycling technologies to create recycled plastic for use in food packaging captured attention last month. | Dolores M. Harvey/Shutterstock
Readers last month were drawn to articles about consumer product brand owners, food-contact RPET approvals, a flexible packaging recovery project and plastics exports.
In May a mix of news topics made our most-read list. | ImagineStock/Shutterstock
Articles about recovered plastic end users, financial support for reclaimers and market conditions drew our readers’ attention last month.
News about a $32 million project to upgrade DAK Americas’ Richmond, Ind. plant drew attention last month. | Courtesy of DAK Americas
Readers last month were drawn to a mix of stories about PET recycling technology investments, vetoed recycled-content legislation and our editor’s take on “Plastic Wars.”
News that packaging manufacturer Direct Pack has acquired a Mexico-headquartered recycling operation drew attention last month. | Courtesy of Direct Pack.
Industry impacts from the coronavirus outbreak, funding opportunities and thermoform processing drew readers’ attention last month.
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News about changing recyclability classifications for certain PP products caught readers’ attention last month. | Josep Curto/Shutterstock
Readers last month were drawn to articles about recyclability challenges for certain products, chemical recycling, national legislation and more.
News of Nestle’s intentions to buy a huge quantity of food-grade recycled resin captured attention last month. | Formatoriginal/Shutterstock
A mix of stories drew readers’ interest last month, including articles about post-consumer resin commitments, a sorting technology, processing capacity increases and import policies.
Readers last month showed interest in news about approval of technologies for recycling plastic for use in food and drink packaging. | monticello/Shutterstock
Last month, readers were drawn to articles about a PET reclaimer acquisition, an emerging market for HDPE, government actions in the U.S. and EU, and the U.S. PET bottle recycling rate.