Study looks at number of times HDPE can be recycled
According to one product manufacturer's analysis, HDPE can be shredded, melted and molded into products 10 times before its quality...
Technology
Equipment Spotlight: Filter for heavy contamination
A new melt filter from Ettlinger is designed for handling heavily contaminated plastic loads and achieving high throughputs. The German...
Multi-layer film recyclability innovations snag awards
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation recently honored a team at the University of Pittsburgh and an R&D company called Aronax Technologies...
Reclaimer utilizes advanced PET recycling systems
Both dry and wet de-labeling systems are helping CarbonLite's new PET recycling facility overcome challenges from problematic bottle labels. CarbonLite's...
Initiative seeks to deodorize and recycle EPS into food packaging
Unless you're buying seafood (and maybe not even then) fishy smelling food and drink packaging isn't going to fly. A...
Dow joins project building roads with recycled LDPE
In Indonesia, the road to plastic marine debris prevention may be paved with, well, plastic. A unit of Dow Chemical...
Company begins advising brands on recyclability
An integrated processing, consulting and testing company has launched a service to help brand owners develop recycling-friendly plastic packaging. U.K.-based...
EnergyBag expands into Idaho and Georgia
Two midsize jurisdictions are joining a program that collects plastics not currently accepted for recycling and sends them to energy...
Students pursue cheaper tool for identifying plastics
A team of college students in the U.K. is developing a low-cost instrument to allow manual sorters to quickly recognize...
Panel OKs technologies for food-contact RPET
A scientific panel signed off on a slew of PET recycling technologies this year, determining they produce clean RPET that...
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