Equipment Spotlight: Create small batches of extremely dry resins
Micro dryers from manufacturer Dri-Air are ideal for plastics processors requiring exceptionally dry plastics but not in exceptional quantities.
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IPEG adds Pelletron to its list of subsidiaries
Equipment company Pelletron has been purchased by IPEG Inc., which has pledged to inject capital into its newest brand. Pelletron,...
Why Closed Loop Fund backed Chicago-area MRF
A $1.5 million loan from the Closed Loop Fund enabled construction of a high-tech materials recovery facility in an area...
MRF of the Moment: Technology lifts Quebec facility
An equipment upgrade at a Sherbrooke, Quebec materials recovery facility boosted the facility's capacity from 14 tons per hour to...
Montgomery working on deal to take over mixed-waste facility
After months of negotiations between city officials and the owner of an idled, state-of-the-art mixed-waste processing center, there is hope...
Robotic sortation technology takes Innovators award
The third-annual Recycling Innovators Forum has awarded $20,000 to AMP Robotics, a Colorado-based startup that aims to provide low-cost robotic...
California Legislature passes sales tax exemption for recycling equipment
California lawmakers have approved a bill allowing MRF operators and recycling companies to receive tax exemptions for equipment purchases. Assembly...
Tech firm hopes MRFs are ready to do the robot
Federally funded research into using robots to replace humans on MRF sorting lines could significantly lower materials sorting costs. "We'd...
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