Companies offer PET-recycling-friendly labels
A labels provider is selling a pressure-sensitive option that cleanly separates and floats during the PET recycling process. Meanwhile, a...
PET
Chemical recycling firm lands $35 million in backing
Loop Industries has struck a deal for a $35 million investment, which will help fund a recycling plant to produce...
CarbonLite develops ocean plastic product
PET reclaimer CarbonLite launched a resin product made from ocean-diverted plastic, and the company released details on its third PET...
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...
How HP is helping to address marine debris in Haiti
Tech giant HP recently spent $2 million to help improve infrastructure for recovering plastics at risk of entering the ocean....
Indorama expands its Mexican PET reclaimer
A new recycling line will help produce food-contact RPET from just about the dirtiest source around: bottles picked from landfills....
Clothing giant boosts RPET fiber consumption
Global apparel company H&M used the equivalent of 325 million PET bottles in its recycled polyester last year, substantially up...
Exploring the interplay of virgin and recycled plastic markets
In coming years, recycled PET and polyolefins will likely have to continue competing with cheap virgin plastics. But scrap markets...
Group OKs perforated PET bottle label concept
A PET recycling industry group gave its temporary blessing to the use shrink sleeve labels with perforations, which will assist...
Unifi develops new recycled fiber products
A major consumer of U.S. PET bales has unveiled three products made with recycled polyester and nylon. Greensboro, N.C.-based Unifi,...
Work With Us
Newsletters
Get the latest recycling news and analysis delivered to your inbox every week. Stay ahead on industry trends, policy updates, and insights from programs, processors, and innovators.