Phoenix Technologies shuts Ohio RPET plant
The reclaimer, owned by Taiwanese polyester giant Far Eastern New Century, shuttered its Poe Road site in Bowling Green but...
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NAPCOR finds RPET imports hit record in 2024
Despite gains for thermoforms and other materials, bottle recovery rates and RPET consumption eased from 2023 highs amid abundant imported...
Eastman, Indorama pin hopes on pent-up demand
Tennessee-based Eastman and Thailand's Indorama Ventures painted bearish pictures of the PET landscape, to different degrees.
APR applies pressure on PET imports, tariffs
As pressure builds and the recycling industry faces an existential crisis, speakers at the fall member meeting for the Association...
Glacier AI at Penn Waste aims to improve PET, fiber output
Glacier, the Amazon-backed AI and robotics company, has installed its sorting technology at Penn Waste’s MRF in York County, Pennsylvania,...
French incentives spur restart on work for recycling plant
Recycling technology company Carbios will restart construction on its enzymatic PET recycling plant in Longlaville, a move attributed in part...
Analysis: Dire EU landscape hints at US future
In recent weeks, industry calls to action have grown louder about addressing the existential crisis in Europe's plastics recycling sector,...
Analysis: Import tariffs could support struggling PET
The sudden inclusion of PET resin in the list of imports subject to hefty tariffs is causing concern for some...
Trump adds PET resin to ‘reciprocal’ tariffs
US President Donald Trump has expanded tariffs to include PET resin as of Sept. 8, according to a new executive...
Trump adds PET resin to ‘reciprocal’ tariffs
US President Donald Trump has expanded tariffs to include PET resin as of Sept. 8, according to a new executive...
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