Recycled Materials

Octal to Start PET Sheet Extrusion in Ohio

APET sheet to be made exclusively from sheet flake.

Up to 10% Compostable Plastic in PE Recycle Streams is Okay!

European Bioplastics meta-study shows that a small fraction of compostable plastic 'sneaking in' on PE recycle streams has no adverse effect on mechanical properties of recycled material.

From whence it came—group promotes plastics-to-oil tech

Can plastics-to-oil technology supply an answer to plastics lingering end-of-life issues?

Recycled Resin Market Expected to Be Strong in 2014

RPET prices are expected to rise this year. Recyclers expect a strong year for R-HDPE, too.

SPI and ACC partner on rigid plastics packaging, thermoforming

Can polyethylene terephthalate (PET) thermoforms enjoy the same recycling rates as their bottle brethren? Increasing thermoformed packaging reclaim, and that of other rigid plastics, will likely just be one goal of a new collaboration between SPI and ACC.

PS Recycling Project Launched in Montreal

The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA), along with the city of Montreal and other partners, is embarking on a polystyrene recycling project that it hopes will be a model for future endeavors of this type.

RPET Prices Stable

Recycled PET prices are perhaps a penny above where they were in June and seem to be going nowhere.

Recycled Resin Pricing Was A Mixed Bag in First Half of 2013

RPET Prices Come Full Circle

WEB EXCLUSIVE: RPET prices in the first quarter fluctuated but mostly ended up where they started.

Pallets, Pellets Use Old Tires as Feedstock

Custom injection and compression molder CTC Plastics, Dayton, Ohio, recently rolled out a line of pallets and will be supplying the resin compounds used to make them as well.