Virgin producer expands recycling presence
Indorama Ventures has acquired a French PET and HDPE reclaimer, making it the latest prime plastics giant to step further...
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Stolen pallet recycling lands two execs in prison
Two plastics recycling company executives will spend two years in prison for their involvement in a scheme to buy and...
Prime producer deepens involvement in recycling
Virgin resin giant Borealis will purchase a European plastics reclaimer, the latest move by the prime plastics maker to extend...
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....
Reclaimer begins sorting HDPE and PET from mixed bales
North Carolina-based Plastic Revolutions is expanding to separate certain resins from mixed plastic bales, a response to growing supply as...
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...
Major Northeast plastics processing plant in the works
A $20 million New Jersey plastics recycling facility is in development, and project leaders say it will process roughly 100...
100 percent ‘OceanBound’ plastics bottle released
Envision Plastics has launched a bottle made completely from materials at risk of becoming marine debris. The reclaimer says its...
FDA issues PET and HDPE food-contact letters
German and Paraguayan companies got the go-ahead to recycle PET into food packaging, and KW Plastics received a similar thumbs...
Study looks at number of times HDPE can be recycled
According to one product manufacturer's analysis, HDPE can be shredded, melted and molded into products 10 times before its quality...
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