Wide world of plastics recycling: Nov. 1, 2016
The PET recycling rate is increasing in South Africa, and a PVC recycling program in the U.K. gets kudos. Austria:...
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A victory for glass recycling in Colorado
A Denver-based recycling and waste collection company is now sending broken glass from its materials recovery facility to a specialized...
MRF of the Moment: Ballistic separator part of facility retrofit in Nebraska
An upgrade at a Midwest MRF has dramatically boosted its throughput while allowing it to better separate materials. The changes...
In other news: Oct. 25, 2016
ExxonMobil is part of a project developing a type of flexible film that could be more easily integrated into the...
GreenMantra: Recycled-plastic wax serves as extrusion aid, boost to recycled resins
GreenMantra Technologies says its waxes, made from post-consumer plastics, can be used as additives to boost profitability for other reclaimers....
Court approves sale of closed reclaimer Entropex
The assets of shuttered plastics reclaimer Entropex will be purchased by the founders of Emterra Group and Merlin Plastics Group....
APR starts sweating the small stuff
The Association of Plastic Recyclers will research ways in which materials recovery facilities might be able to recover more smaller...
In other news: Oct. 17, 2016
Pratt Industries sets a one-day recycled paper production record, and some Canadian grocery stores take aim at waste by eliminating...
How bacteria could help industry recycle PET into bioplastic
An initiative funded by the European Union is working to recycle petroleum-based PET and polyurethane into bio-based plastics through the...
First steps for secondary processors
This story originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content....
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