Prices down for key curbside plastics
PET and HDPE bales are fetching lower prices than they were a month ago, but PP and high-grade film have...
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Acquisition brings polyolefin reclaimers under same umbrella
The parent company of Green Line Polymers acquired the parent company of Champion Polymer Recycling in a purchase valued at...
Sirmax to build U.S. plastics recycling plant
An Italian compounding company is developing an $18 million plastics recycling facility in Indiana, where the company will process and...
How a manufacturer increased its line of recycled products
Garbage and recycling container maker Busch Systems recently announced it has developed additional products made from 100% recycled plastic. An...
Brand advances recycling-friendly toothpaste tube
Colgate-Palmolive has developed a toothpaste tube that passed tests for sortability by materials recovery facilities and processability by plastics reclaimers....
Recycling biopharma plastics into lumber products
Biopharmaceutical production scrap consists of different polymers, multi-layer films and some hazardous materials. A recycling program is demonstrating that this...
How much Indorama paid for a U.S. PET processor
Earlier this year, global plastics producer Indorama Ventures acquired reclaimer Custom Polymers PET. Financial filings show the deal was worth...
Unilever launches near-infrared sortable black pigment
One of the world's largest consumer packaged goods companies will roll out a black plastic HDPE bottle that near-infrared sorters...
Recycling efforts receive millions in state funding
Five plastics recycling projects will take in a total of $11.7 million in California state grants. The awarded companies are...
Scientists chart path from PE bags to battery anodes
Researchers have found a way to convert post-consumer LDPE and HDPE into energy-storing carbon that can be used in batteries....
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