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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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...
Where exports displaced from China are finding a home
Scrap plastic exported out of the U.S. is moving to Southeast Asia, where reclaimers are dramatically increasing purchases as China...
Post-consumer plastic prices remain steady
As we enter 2018, the market for most plastic packaging collected at the curb remains unchanged, although PP prices recently...
Ho-hum packaging prices seen to start 2018
The value of recovered HDPE and PET packaging is flat as the new year begins. Plastics reclaimers have submitted price...
Value of recovered plastic packaging flat or down
Data from the sale of recyclable plastic bottles in early December suggest the value of recovered packaging will end the...
European plastics processor QCP purchased
A Netherlands-based plastics recycling company has been acquired by two large European companies involved in virgin plastic production and waste...
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