KW predicts 10 percent demand boost for one resin
A plastics recycling giant in Alabama will likely be significantly increasing its output of recycled natural HDPE after receiving a...
Technology
PETG excluded from No. 1 resin code in California
California lawmakers have revised the state’s definition of PET to exclude PETG, meaning products made from the glycol-modified plastic are...
Loop Industries signs deal for PET processing site
PET depolymerization company Loop Industries has agreed to purchase a 150,000-square-foot site for its first manufacturing facility. The Terrebonne, Quebec-headquartered...
Innovation could open fresh avenues for PS recovery
In Canada, a number of companies are tackling difficult plastic streams without using traditional mechanical recycling processes. One of them,...
Compatibilizer key in film-recycling and beach cleanup project
A polymer modifier technology was used compatibilize different resins in multilayer packaging so they could be recycled into new garbage...
Q&A: How facility will recover nylon 6 from carpet
International yarn producer Aquafil will invest $10 million to build an Arizona operation generating nylon pellets from post-consumer carpet scrap....
Equipment Spotlight: Retrofits allow for food-contact PET
A crystallization dryer from EREMA allows PET reclaimers to retrofit their existing lines to sell into the higher-value food and...
Recycled plastics get FDA nod for food packaging
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will allow recycled PET fiber to be used to make tea bags, fruit or...
Equipment Spotlight: Modular line creates clean HDPE flake
A tailor-made washing line from Georgia-based Lindner reSource America has at its core a combination of shredders and wash components,...
Dow explains its technology for all-polyolefin film packages
Chemicals giant Dow has developed an adhesive that allows flexible film packaging with layers of PET and aluminum to be...
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