Innovation could open fresh avenues for PS recovery
In Canada, a number of companies are tackling difficult plastic streams without using traditional mechanical recycling processes. One of them,...
Technology
Compatibilizer key in film-recycling and beach cleanup project
A polymer modifier technology was used compatibilize different resins in multilayer packaging so they could be recycled into new garbage...
Q&A: How facility will recover nylon 6 from carpet
International yarn producer Aquafil will invest $10 million to build an Arizona operation generating nylon pellets from post-consumer carpet scrap....
Equipment Spotlight: Retrofits allow for food-contact PET
A crystallization dryer from EREMA allows PET reclaimers to retrofit their existing lines to sell into the higher-value food and...
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...
Equipment Spotlight: Modular line creates clean HDPE flake
A tailor-made washing line from Georgia-based Lindner reSource America has at its core a combination of shredders and wash components,...
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...
GreenMantra receives grant to fund PS recycling
A relative newcomer to the plastics recycling industry has received another multi-million dollar investment, this time for tackling polystyrene. GreenMantra...
Closed Loop Fund knew PRF would face ‘a lot of challenges’
The idling of a Baltimore-area plastic recovery facility is the kind of challenge that's expected in an innovative project showcasing...
Q&A: Plastics-to-fuel exec on China ban and sector’s potential
RES Polyflow's Michael Dungan says fluctuating oil prices and developments in Asia will continue to affect pyrolysis companies, but he...
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