New packaging recyclability platform unveiled
A European plastics recycling group has released an online tool to help packaging designers ensure their products are recyclable. Brussels-based...
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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....
EPS insulation recovery project advances
Stakeholders are getting closer to building a facility to recycle PS foam building insulation containing flame retardants. The PolyStyreneLoop project...
Why a partnership formed to dissolve EPS for recycling
Global petrochemicals company Total has partnered with a startup that dissolves and recovers EPS for recycling. Officials from both companies...
Companies to show off flake-to-sheet plant
Two equipment companies will demonstrate an inline system capable of taking PET bottle flake through to sheet. Austrian and Italian...
Equipment Spotlight: PET filter creates input flexibility
For more than two decades, Erema's Laserfilter has been used to remove contaminants from polyolefin melt streams. A year ago,...
European industry group announces award winners
The first Plastics Recycling Awards Europe honored people and products advancing plastics recycling. Announced at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe...
Report reveals new tactics for illegal Nigerian imports
A two-year study has highlighted key details about e-scrap exports to Nigeria, including the different device types entering the country,...
US and European labs advance recovery technologies
A byproduct from corn harvesting is a key component in a new method of e-scrap leaching. Researchers on two continents...
Why a virgin plastics giant entered the recycling business
LyondellBasell, one of biggest plastic and chemical companies on the planet, has stepped into the plastics recycling sector for the...
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