Composite lumber manufacturer to be acquired
Fiberon, a major end user for recovered PE, will be purchased by a publicly traded company that owns prominent home...
HDPE
Project probes recovered film market potential
Film collected by retailers could be recycled into a number of additional product types, but contamination will likely stifle end-market...
Quantifying environmental benefits of recycled plastic
Researchers have calculated substantial upsides from making products out of recycled PET, HDPE and PP instead of prime plastics. For...
How an intelligent robot creates a clean HDPE stream
In one Chicago recycling facility, natural and colored HDPE are being picked from the residential recyclables mix with the latest...
Virgin producer expands recycling presence
Indorama Ventures has acquired a French PET and HDPE reclaimer, making it the latest prime plastics giant to step further...
Stolen pallet recycling lands two execs in prison
Two plastics recycling company executives will spend two years in prison for their involvement in a scheme to buy and...
Prime producer deepens involvement in recycling
Virgin resin giant Borealis will purchase a European plastics reclaimer, the latest move by the prime plastics maker to extend...
New style of recyclable pouch announced
A packaging converter has released a stand-up pouch that can be recycled via retail PE film collection. Cincinnati-based ProAmpac has...
Panel OKs recycling processes to create food packaging
A scientific panel in Europe has greenlighted a number of processes and technologies for recycling post-consumer plastics into food packaging....
Reclaimer begins sorting HDPE and PET from mixed bales
North Carolina-based Plastic Revolutions is expanding to separate certain resins from mixed plastic bales, a response to growing supply as...
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