Heather Caliendo Senior Editor

sustainability 24 Oct 2016

Rapid’s Open-Hearted Design for New Family of Shredders

Size-reduction technology specialist Rapid Granulator introduced The Raptor Series, a new family of shredders for plastics.

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PET Processing - Extrusion 20 Oct 2016

K 2016: Day Two Show Report

Plastics Technology Editorial Director Jim Callari discusses extrusion trends at K 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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Materials 14 Oct 2016

SPE announces 2016 SPE foundation scholarship award recipients

The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) has announced the winners of the 2016 scholarship program administered by SPE Foundation, including 42 scholarships totaling more than $110,000.

Postconsumer 6 Oct 2016

Pilot Program Aims to Start Automotive PP, TPO Recycling

The goal of the ELV Recycling Demonstration Project is to develop collection and recovery methods for PP and TPO that are technically and economically feasible.

sustainability 28 Sep 2016

Army Vet, Unifi Producing Flags from Recycled Water Bottles

The veteran’s company creates flags using Repreve recycled fiber made from 10 recycled water bottles.

sustainability 22 Sep 2016

City in Iraq Opens its First Recycling, Production Plant

Iraq, with a population of 34.3 million, is estimated to produce 31,000 tons of solid waste every day while the capacity to collect this waste is 4,000 tons per day.