How a molder uses ocean plastics in flower pots
A polypropylene planter producer has begun molding with marine plastics, after the company and its suppliers overcame melt flow and...
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In Our Opinion: Consider nuance in recent labeling changes
Product labeling program How2Recycle comments on recent shifts on how it characterizes PET thermoform and PP recyclability.
Group looks to build ‘critical mass’ around PP recovery
The Recycling Partnership is gearing up to launch the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition to develop holistic solutions for diverting the growing...
Key curbside plastics no longer ‘widely’ recyclable
Changes in U.S. recycling programs led the How2Recycle labeling initiative to downgrade recyclability classifications for non-bottle rigid PET containers and...
Virgin PP producer moves deeper into recycling
Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, is now selling into the U.S. market its first 100% recycled plastic...
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...
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...
APR gives recyclability thumbs up to PP additive
A market-dominating polypropylene clarifier has undergone testing to prove that it neither complicates the plastics recycling process nor harms the...
Prices down for key curbside plastics
PET and HDPE bales are fetching lower prices than they were a month ago, but PP and high-grade film have...
Acquisition brings polyolefin reclaimers under same umbrella
The parent company of Green Line Polymers acquired the parent company of Champion Polymer Recycling in a purchase valued at...
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