Recycled plastics get FDA nod for food packaging
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will allow recycled PET fiber to be used to make tea bags, fruit or...
HDPE
Stronger recovered plastics prices seen
Recycling processors report that early September pricing for recovered plastic packaging rose slightly over August levels. Bales of natural HDPE...
Dow explains its technology for all-polyolefin film packages
Chemicals giant Dow has developed an adhesive that allows flexible film packaging with layers of PET and aluminum to be...
Economic encouragement
This story originally appeared in the May 2017 issue of Plastics Recycling Update. Subscribe today for access to all print...
Parent of Envision Plastics acquired in $1.2 billion deal
Three years ago, HDPE reclaimer Envision Plastics was acquired by a major packaging producer. Now, that packaging company also has...
Stock pharmaceutical bottles targeted for recycling
Pharmacies generate an abundant supply of clean, white HDPE that more often than not goes straight into the waste stream. The...
PetroChem Wire: HDPE bale prices fall as supply mounts
Plentiful supply of curbside HDPE bales in the Southeast and U.S. Gulf Coast area pushed prices lower in mid-May as...
Post-consumer PET prices rise while HDPE drops
During the past year, the national average price of post-consumer PET beverage bottles and jars rose steadily by 68 percent,...
Where polyolefin markets are headed
Virgin and recycled PP prices will likely remain above historical averages until additional prime PP capacity comes on-line in the...
Equipment allows reclaimer to enter higher-end markets
When recycling processor Invema switched from a high-speed friction washer to an updated system relying on boilers and chemicals, something...
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