E-plastics market shift spawns domestic processing plant
A North American recycling operation will open an e-plastics-focused facility in response to Chinese import restrictions. BoMET Polymer will take...
Rigid Plastics
MRFs and end markets key to bulky rigids viability
In bulky rigid plastics recycling, the materials recovery facility is at the center of the equation. But downstream developments have...
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...
Domestic processing drives Canadian recovery increase
Canadian HDPE recovery offset decreased recycling of other resins in 2015, according to a recent report, giving overall plastic packaging...
Film recycling on the rise as rigids see slight decline
Plastic film recycling reached a new high in 2015, but less rigid plastic was recycled than in years prior, according...
Envision and Ecoplast undergo restructuring
Consolidated Container Co, which recently acquired two major suppliers of recycled resins, plans to make structural and personnel changes at...
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