Recycling
APR Recycling Campaign Builds Strong Demand for Recycling Plastics
A program designed to expand market demand for recycled plastics has generated almost 7 million pounds of new demand in it’s first year.
Read MorePlastics Pipe Institute Talks Recycled Plastics Use
Tony Radoszewski, Plastics Pipe Institute president, discusses recycled content in pipe and converting packages with a 60-day shelf life into products with a 100-year service life.
Read MoreProcess ‘Upcycles’ Waste Plastics To Virgin-Quality PET
Depolymerization technology developed by Loop Industries aims to repurpose scrap PET of all types.
Read MorePhiladelphia Eagles, Braskem Team Up For Plastics Recycling
Braskem enters into a nine-year sustainability-focused partnership with the Eagles.
Read MorePhoenix Technologies Determines 50% rPET As Target Bottle Goal
With sustainability activities ramping up among many more companies across the globe, Phoenix Technologies says it’s important to understand how those efforts will be impacted by material availability.
Read MoreKlöckner Pentaplast Announces Plan to Use Only Recyclable and Sustainably Sourced Products by 2028
By 2028, kp will only use materials that are practically recyclable or sustainably sourced and will simplify its polymer and material mix to ease recycling.
Read MoreAgilyx Adds Capacity for Olefin Production
Agilyx’s new product greatly expands the amount of waste mixed plastics, to include polyethylene and polypropylene that can be diverted from landfill.
Read MoreHenkel Sets New Packaging Targets
Henkel aims to use 35 percent recycled plastic for its consumer goods products in Europe.
Read MoreMilitary Reports Additional Progress with Using Recycled 3D-Printed Material
A mobile recycling trailer will enable specially trained soldiers to fabricate 3D-printing filaments from plastic waste, improving readiness while reducing reliance on supply chains.
Read MoreCollaborative Program Converts Hard-to-Recycle Plastics into Energy Resources
Q&A with Dow’s Jon Pyper on the process, success stories and long-term goals of a new program to turn things like chip bags into energy, including diesel fuel.
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