Multi-layer packaging innovation roundup
Companies around the world are working to develop recyclable multi-layer packaging, and some of it is now appearing on store...
Technology
Equipment Spotlight: Laser detection cleans up the stream
A new Tomra system adds laser technology to the sort line, increasing product purity without slowing throughput. The company’s laser...
Plastics recycling technology roundup: March 2, 2018
A PE-PP compatibilizer breakthrough snags an award, and a company launches a NIR sorter identification testing service. Compatibilizer snags award:...
Recycling-friendly PET bottle label released
Two chemical companies have unveiled a full-wrap shrink sleeve label that comes off during a whole bottle wash. The development...
East Coast PRF on the road to reopening
Wheels are in motion to resume operations at an idled plastics recycling facility outside Baltimore. But if it does start...
FDA issues PET and HDPE food-contact letters
German and Paraguayan companies got the go-ahead to recycle PET into food packaging, and KW Plastics received a similar thumbs...
End user of recycled plastics plans Midwest facility
A new manufacturer with ties to QRS Recycling will begin making recycled-plastic railroad ties in St. Louis. NICE Rail Products...
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...
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...
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