Two companies receive FDA food-contact letters
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave a New England plastics reclaimer the thumbs up to recycle a polyolefin blend...
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Virgin plastics producer acquires European processor
Global energy, chemicals and plastics company Total has acquired a French PP reclaimer. Total on Feb. 18 announced it acquired...
Researchers unveil polyolefins-to-chemicals process
A team at Purdue University has developed a unique method for converting scrap polyolefins into oil, fuels or monomers for...
APR study quantifies benefits of recycled resin
Intuition says making products from recycled plastic is better for the environment than using virgin plastic. A recent study puts...
How technology is helping carpet processor roll forward
A facility in California is using a unique rotary impact separation technology to break carpet into its components so plastics...
Pyrolysis firm unveils recycled chemicals to make olefins
Agilyx is already processing scrap PS into a feedstock for prime plastics production. Now, the Oregon company says it can...
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...
Project drives recovery of bumper plastics
When a vehicle enters the end-of-life stream, its metals will probably be recovered. But the plastics are likely headed to...
PureCycle PP recycling project gets $3 million boost
The Closed Loop Fund will provide millions of dollars to help scale up a PP recycling technology in Ohio. The...
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....
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