Struggling bio-based additives firm looks for a lifeline
Metabolix, a Massachusetts company that developed a bio-based additive for recycled PVC, is scrambling financially and could be forced to...
Technology
Building a market for pigmented polystyrene
Crews are nearing completion of a South African village built in part with recovered colored and black EPS.
Patent watch: June 2, 2016
Get the details on a number of plastic recycling innovations, including a label adhesive, a method of recovering plastics from...
Plastics recycling technology roundup: June 2, 2016
Europe's PET trade group reports on efforts to boost thermoform recycling, and Tomra wins an award in China for its...
In other news: June 1, 2016
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has organized a major plastics circular economy effort, and Dr Pepper Snapple shareholders continue to resist...
Q&A: One firm’s vision for growth in recycled glass market
At a time when some communities are retreating on glass recycling, Momentum Recycling is doubling down on it. The Salt...
Q&A: One firm’s vision for growth in recycled glass market
At a time when some communities are retreating on glass recycling, Momentum Recycling is doubling down on it. The Salt...
Wide world of plastics recycling: May 3, 2016
A European trade group delves into PET thermoform recycling, and a government report in Australia calls for major steps to...
Equipment Spotlight: Create small batches of extremely dry resins
Micro dryers from manufacturer Dri-Air are ideal for plastics processors requiring exceptionally dry plastics but not in exceptional quantities.
Report examines hard-to-sort plastic packaging
Packaging producers should choose clear or translucent PET containers because opaque and colored ones inhibit recycling of the material into...
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