FDA issues letters for HDPE and PET recycling
Erema Group got the go-ahead to use its technology to recycle HDPE into food and drink packaging and foodservice wares....
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How a new domestic end market for HDPE emerged
This article has been corrected. A group's green light to use recycled HDPE in road drainage pipes opens a potentially...
Exports tumble and ‘ungodly demand’ boosts HDPE prices
Overseas appetite for post-consumer scrap plastic dwindled in the third quarter. But on the domestic side, the value of recovered...
Three plastic scrap end users report finances
Unifi, Trex and Greystone Logistics, U.S. manufacturers that use large amounts of recycled plastic, recently released their quarterly results. Unifi...
Beverage giant unveils marine plastic bottles
The Coca-Cola Co. released a container made partially from ocean plastic, making it the latest company to pursue a food-contact...
Equipment provider receives FDA food-contact letter
Erema got the nod from the U.S. government to use its technology for recycling post-consumer HDPE into food and drink...
Post-consumer plastics prices see notable changes
The price of PET took a dive over the past month, but the value of natural HDPE climbed substantially. Post-consumer...
Sales rise for HDPE scrap consumer Greystone Logistics
A Midwest producer of recycled HDPE pallets saw a 46% increase in sales during the 2019 fiscal year. Tulsa, Okla.-headquartered...
Here’s who recently received FDA recycling letters
A company was given the go-ahead to recycle post-consumer PET into multi-layer reheatable food trays. Meanwhile, a global packaging company...
Reclaimer gets food-contact nod for OceanBound plastics
Envision Plastics says it received the first FDA letter allowing litter recovered from coastal areas in developing countries to be...
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