European panel approves PET recycling technologies
A scientific review panel has given the green light to several different technologies to recycle post-consumer PET and polyolefins into...
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Ascend buys majority stake in Circular Polymers
Ascend Performance Materials purchased a majority stake in California-based Circular Polymers for an undisclosed amount, giving Ascend a more consistent...
Denton Plastics targets PP with wash line, policy
West Coast recycler Denton Plastics is moving the needle on regional polypropylene recycling and policy in Portland, Ore.
PP recycling startup signs South Korea joint venture deal
Plastics and chemicals giant SK geo centric has inked a deal with PureCycle Technologies to build a PP purification and...
Judge dismisses claims against 7-Eleven’s recyclable labels
Brand owners can label plastic products as recyclable even if local residential recycling programs don’t want them, because reasonable consumers...
PureCycle opposition part of wider anti-plastic push
Americans are united in their desire for better plastic recycling, but the question of where to locate facilities is running...
FDA greenlights a dozen resin recycling processes
Ten companies with technologies to recycle post-consumer PET, HDPE and PP into food and drink packaging have received the federal...
Packaging company’s $10 million expansion targets film
Novolex is investing $10 million at its North Vernon, Ind. facility to increase its recycling capacity for plastic bags and...
APR brings new data into wider recycling conversation
The Association of Plastic Recyclers released a report noting 21% of HDPE, PET and PP packaging is recycled in the...
How2Recycle returns PP to ‘widely recycled’ level
Two years after How2Recycle downgraded polypropylene rigid containers to a "check locally" label, the material has again been granted the...
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