Tag Archives: Winter 2019

Reclaimer in Focus: rPlanet Earth

Published: May 14, 2019
Updated: January 28, 2020
by Jared Paben

Inside the rPlanet Earth facility. Continue Reading

Market development in action

Published: May 14, 2019
Updated: May 17, 2019
by Wendy Worley, Sandy Skolochenko and Timothy Shober

Posted in Print edition | Tagged markets, Winter 2019 |

Q&A: Invested in the industry

Published: May 14, 2019
Updated: May 17, 2019
by Colin Staub

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

On demand

Published: May 14, 2019
Updated: May 17, 2019
by Dan Leif

Posted in Print edition | Tagged Winter 2019 |

Finding the funding

Published: May 14, 2019
Updated: May 17, 2019
by Derric Brown

Posted in Print edition | Tagged Winter 2019 |

Data Sort: Statewide recycling support activity

Published: May 14, 2019
Updated: May 17, 2019
by More Recycling

Posted in Print edition | Tagged research, Winter 2019 |

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The latest plastics recycling news

Online event dives into markets, policy and more
Last week’s Plastics Recycling Conference, held online, featured eight sessions over two days. Here are some of the talking points that caught our team’s attention.
Global companies make recycled plastic moves
Three virgin plastics producers expand their recycled-resin offerings, and a chemically recycled copolyester finds a home in Tupperware food and drink containers.
Post-consumer bale prices rise
Prices for baled curbside plastics are up across the board this month, with natural HDPE notching another record high.
Details on NERC’s diversity-building scholarship program
Leaders at the Northeast Recycling Council recently explained how they’ll use a new scholarship fund to help boost racial diversity in the next generation of recycling industry professionals.
Post-industrial recycler opens larger facility
Stormwater drainage product manufacturer HydroBlox has moved into a larger space and significantly increased its plastics recycling capacity.
Industry connects online at a pivotal juncture
Hundreds of plastics recycling and sustainability professionals are taking part in this week’s virtual Plastics Recycling Conference, which is offering discussions on policy, markets and more at a time of sector uncertainty.
State awards grants to boost plastics recycling
North Carolina will help pay for projects to improve PP sorting, recover mixed-color bottle flakes, shred old curbside carts, collect laboratory plastics and more.