As pressure builds and the recycling industry faces an existential crisis, speakers at the fall member meeting for the Association of Plastic Recyclers highlighted mounting efforts that focused on finding trade remedies.
Lynn Dyer, executive director at Ameripen, opened her presentation at APR’s fall meeting with a reminder about packaging policy.
Hauler WM has shuttered its Natura PCR plastic film processing operations in Texas only months after starting up a new $150 million plant, amid lackluster market conditions.
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by Steve Alexander
State policy moves, competition from virgin resin and other trends are likely to define the year ahead.
by Dan Holtmeyer
APR’s guide to designing for recyclability marks three decades of improvement and change.
by Marissa Heffernan
Purification and depolymerization and conversion, oh, my! We look into these technologies and their role in plastics recovery.
by Colin Staub
As plastic dominates textile production, recycling sectors are merging and new methods are taking hold.
by Marisa Adler
In the past decade, we’ve seen a wave of textile recyclers emerge, seeking to fill a gap in textile recycling to meet soaring demand for recycled fibers.
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by Jared Paben
An autonomous system developed by Bulk Handling Systems is really more of a sorting loop than a sorting line.
by Jared Paben
With a little help from The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, a Fresno-based MRF has entered the world of robotics.
by Jared Paben
Specialized equipment is reducing the presence of gels in rPlanet Earth’s RPET sheets, allowing the Southern California-based reclaimer to sell them for higher prices.
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