UK waste giant opens large PET recycling facility
A plant capable of recycling nearly 126 million pounds of PET bottles per year is coming on-line today from Biffa...
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Sims Recycling Solutions announces major sale
In a deal worth tens of millions of dollars, Sims Recycling Solutions agreed to sell its European operations oriented toward...
Prime producers detail recycling quantities
Virgin resin producers Borealis and Indorama have made ambitious recycled plastic commitments, but post-consumer plastic still makes up a tiny...
EU authority gives nod to PET recycling technologies
A panel determined that recycling technologies from Bandera, Erema, Poly Recycling and Starlinger produce RPET that's safe for use in...
Company unveils RPET bottle with recycling-friendly barrier coating
A packaging equipment manufacturer has announced a 100% RPET bottle with an extremely thin layer of silica to serve as...
UNU: Public must demand use of recycled e-plastics
A European effort is calling on consumers to push manufacturers into using recycled plastic in new electronics as a way...
Beverage giant unveils marine plastic bottles
The Coca-Cola Co. released a container made partially from ocean plastic, making it the latest company to pursue a food-contact...
Equipment provider receives FDA food-contact letter
Erema got the nod from the U.S. government to use its technology for recycling post-consumer HDPE into food and drink...
Dow signs plastics recycling deals on two continents
Dow recently inked agreements to boost plastics recovery in Europe and Southeast Asia, including through the use of chemical recycling...
Experts say e-scrap generation to more than double by 2050
A United Nations-backed study predicts massive growth in global tonnages of end-of-life electronics, and it examines how the recycling sector...
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