QRS and Canusa Hershman will idle Maryland PRF
A joint-venture plastics recovery facility in Maryland will suspend operations in the coming days, citing challenges in the post-consumer plastics...
Processors
In My Opinion: Have you checked for mercury in your workplace?
Processing electronics and processing fluorescent lights are distinct sectors, but they share one important trait: Each carries a risk of...
Federal indictment in Utah CRT stockpile case
A former Utah-based CRT processor has been indicted on several counts related to its abandonment of more than 3.5 million...
Unifi set for further growth in PET recycling business
A major end user of recovered PET boosted its revenues last year, as it works to expand its recycled-plastic fiber...
Q&A: Plastics-to-fuel exec on China ban and sector’s potential
RES Polyflow's Michael Dungan says fluctuating oil prices and developments in Asia will continue to affect pyrolysis companies, but he...
California processor wins eBay small-business award
Global e-commerce site eBay is honoring a California woman who immigrated from Colombia with nothing more than a suitcase and...
Equipment Spotlight: Packing various pellet-processing functions into one unit
Equipment from New Jersey-based Witte Co. combines the functions of multiple pellet-processing machines into one unit. The Witte 400 combines...
Kuusakoski announces shifts in CRT glass plans
Kuusakoski U.S. will begin sending small amounts of leaded CRT glass to a smelter while utilizing non-leaded glass in an...
Companies dig into post-consumer market demand
A viable end market is crucial to effective materials recovery, and in the plastics realm, those downstream uses are growing...
Equipment Spotlight: Thermoplastic separation with high product purity
Separation equipment from SICON aims to facilitate increased recovery of valuable raw materials from mixed thermoplastic streams. The Polyfloat system...
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