PP producer to purchase output from Midwest pyrolysis plant
Nexus Circular plans to build a pyrolysis plant in the Chicago area, and polyolefins producer Braskem has signed an agreement...
Technology
Innovations yield new resins, processes
Several companies have released new products that are pushing plastics recycling forward, including PCR-specific additives and 83% recycled content films....
PP grant brings robot to a facility’s sorting line
With a little help from The Recycling Partnership's Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, a Fresno-based MRF has entered the world of robotics.
PP grant brings robot to a facility’s sorting line
With a little help from The Recycling Partnership's Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, a Fresno-based MRF has entered the world of robotics.
How a de-dusting system cleaned up RPET sheets
Specialized equipment is reducing the presence of gels in rPlanet Earth's RPET sheets, allowing the Southern California-based reclaimer to sell...
Panel approves over two-dozen food-contact RPET applications
A food-safety panel has approved applications from Indorama Ventures, Veolia, Coca-Cola Hellenic, NOVAPET and other plastic reclaimers to recycle PET...
Mixed auto plastics turned into circular graphene
An experiment by Rice University and Ford turned mixed plastic from old vehicles into graphene, which was then used in...
Seeing growing demand, PP additive maker grows footprint
Global manufacturer Milliken & Company says its newest clarifier plant is coming on-line, boosting Milliken's production capacity for its PP...
Indorama set to commercialize PET tray recycling process
Indorama Ventures is moving into the commercial stage of a project in which post-consumer PET trays are recycled into flake...
ExxonMobil, others roll out chemical recycling updates
Multiple companies announced they will be increasing their use of chemically recycled plastics in pursuit of their recycled-content goals, and...
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