Key curbside plastics no longer ‘widely’ recyclable
Changes in U.S. recycling programs led the How2Recycle labeling initiative to downgrade recyclability classifications for non-bottle rigid PET containers and...
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Virgin PP producer moves deeper into recycling
Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, is now selling into the U.S. market its first 100% recycled plastic...
Post-consumer plastics prices see notable changes
The price of PET took a dive over the past month, but the value of natural HDPE climbed substantially. Post-consumer...
Here’s who recently received FDA recycling letters
A company was given the go-ahead to recycle post-consumer PET into multi-layer reheatable food trays. Meanwhile, a global packaging company...
APR gives recyclability thumbs up to PP additive
A market-dominating polypropylene clarifier has undergone testing to prove that it neither complicates the plastics recycling process nor harms the...
Prices down for key curbside plastics
PET and HDPE bales are fetching lower prices than they were a month ago, but PP and high-grade film have...
Acquisition brings polyolefin reclaimers under same umbrella
The parent company of Green Line Polymers acquired the parent company of Champion Polymer Recycling in a purchase valued at...
Sirmax to build U.S. plastics recycling plant
An Italian compounding company is developing an $18 million plastics recycling facility in Indiana, where the company will process and...
How a manufacturer increased its line of recycled products
Garbage and recycling container maker Busch Systems recently announced it has developed additional products made from 100% recycled plastic. An...
Recycling biopharma plastics into lumber products
Biopharmaceutical production scrap consists of different polymers, multi-layer films and some hazardous materials. A recycling program is demonstrating that this...
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