Tag Archives: Winter 2019

Market development in action

Posted on May 14, 2019

by Wendy Worley, Sandy Skolochenko and Timothy Shober

Q&A: Invested in the industry

Posted on May 14, 2019

by Colin Staub

Posted in Print edition | Tagged industry groups, Q&A, Winter 2019 |

Finding the funding

Posted on May 14, 2019

by Derric Brown

Posted in Print edition | Tagged Winter 2019 |

Reclaimer in Focus: rPlanet Earth

Posted on May 14, 2019

by Jared Paben

Inside the rPlanet Earth facility. Continue Reading

Posted in Print edition | Tagged processors, Winter 2019 |

Data Sort: Statewide recycling support activity

Posted on May 14, 2019

by More Recycling

Posted in Print edition | Tagged research, Winter 2019 |

On demand

Posted on May 14, 2019

by Dan Leif

Posted in Print edition | Tagged Winter 2019 |

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The latest plastics recycling news

Industry council forms with eye on ‘meaningful change’
The Recycling Partnership is bringing together three dozen individuals from across the recycling value chain for some frank discussion about how to get more types of material consistently collected and moved to end markets.
Sector’s current focus: policy, demand and COVID-19
Although they can’t meet in person, plastics recycling stakeholders this week are still coming together for the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) members meeting, being held online for the first time.
Our top stories from May 2020
Articles about recovered plastic end users, financial support for reclaimers and market conditions drew our readers’ attention last month.
Contamination in one region’s commercial stream is 14%
Researchers have quantified contamination in the business recycling stream in the Portland, Ore. metropolitan area, providing data that can be used to make operational or outreach decisions.
PET recycling technologies get EU nod
The European Food Safety Authority gave four companies approval to recycle PET into food packaging using Erema and Starlinger technologies. Meanwhile, an application from Veolia was rejected.
Here are the latest label offerings that help out PET recycling
Four label innovations that prevent problems in the PET recycling process recently received recognition from the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR).
Company tailors extruders to meet a facility’s needs
German equipment supplier Coperion now produces a line of extruders made to be customized to a plastics recycling facility.