Wide world of recycling: Feb. 6, 2017
Prince Charles promotes bathroom recycling bins, and a town in Eastern Europe accepts recyclable materials in lieu of utility payments....
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Equipment Spotlight: A clear solution for opaque plastics
By examining both transmissive and reflective light from objects, the ColorPlus-R optical sorter is able to identify the color of...
The challenge of bringing beach plastics into Head & Shoulders bottles
If you think materials collected at the curb represent a difficult mix of contaminated plastics, try pulling them off the...
Plastics decontamination technology moves to industrial trials
An innovative technique for recycling polyethylene pesticide and herbicide containers has moved from the lab to the plant. The European...
Plastics recycling technology roundup: Feb. 2, 2017
A company says its enzymatic depolymerization technology can be applied to opaque PET containers, and a startup targeting ABS and...
In other news: Feb. 1, 2017
New York City shoppers will be hit with a new bag fee, and the U.K.'s carpet diversion rate continues to...
P&G pushes recycled-plastic efforts in Europe
Within two years, nine out of every 10 hair care product bottles sold by Procter & Gamble in Europe will...
Wide world of plastics recycling: Jan. 25, 2017
Safeway allegedly violates a beverage container law, and an airline boosts plastics diversion by utilizing blankets made from post-consumer PET. United...
Familiar roadblock restricts UK recovery rate growth
Research in the U.K. shows that uncertainty over recyclability of plastic products continues to prevent higher recovery rates among the...
In other news: Jan. 23, 2017
The U.S. officially withdraws from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and an Oklahoma community struggles with high rates of contamination in curbside...
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