APR study quantifies benefits of recycled resin
Intuition says making products from recycled plastic is better for the environment than using virgin plastic. A recent study puts...
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How technology is helping carpet processor roll forward
A facility in California is using a unique rotary impact separation technology to break carpet into its components so plastics...
Pyrolysis firm unveils recycled chemicals to make olefins
Agilyx is already processing scrap PS into a feedstock for prime plastics production. Now, the Oregon company says it can...
Quantifying environmental benefits of recycled plastic
Researchers have calculated substantial upsides from making products out of recycled PET, HDPE and PP instead of prime plastics. For...
Project drives recovery of bumper plastics
When a vehicle enters the end-of-life stream, its metals will probably be recovered. But the plastics are likely headed to...
PureCycle PP recycling project gets $3 million boost
The Closed Loop Fund will provide millions of dollars to help scale up a PP recycling technology in Ohio. The...
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....
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...
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...
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