Unifi plant utilizes advanced sortation and de-labeling technologies
Unifi's new PET recycling plant uses advanced dry de-labeling equipment and a host of optical sorters to generate a clean...
Technology
Stakeholders turn attention to recovery of flexible film
Existing sortation equipment at materials recovery facilities could potentially be used to create bales of flexible film packaging, a study...
Project offers insights into sortation of flexible packaging
By tweaking existing equipment, materials recovery facilities could reduce the amount of flexible film packaging landing in their fiber bales,...
Q&A: ‘Trashbot’ could be the future of public-space collection
A startup is using robotics, artificial intelligence and the cloud to combat recycling contamination at one of its sources: public...
A science fair project with EPS industry implications
Scientific developments that could open up a market for recycled EPS came not from chemists in academia or a large...
Equipment Spotlight: A new strategy for melt filtering
A filter from Nordson Polymer Processing Systems approaches the task of removing contaminants from a melt stream in a unique...
Plastics recycling technology roundup: Sept. 1, 2016
An improvement in virgin feedstocks allows better performance in recycled-content HDPE products, and two companies cooperate to supply a continuous...
PET bottle labels meet APR’s recyclability criteria
International labels company UPM Raflatac has been in the news for its work developing recycling-friendly labels for beverage containers. The...
FDA gives green light to range of recycling proposals
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the way for a U.S. company to recycle PP and HDPE buckets and...
How a novel EPS recycling approach is propelling a Canadian company
Imagine a lump of sugar dissolving in coffee – Solenne Brouard uses that image to describe the first step in...
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