Postconsumer

Packaging

Dow Launches its First Recycled Resin for Shrink Film Applications

The recycled plastic resin is designed specifically for retail and logistic shrink film applications.

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Materials

Nova Chemicals Becomes Lead Corporate Sponsor for the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup Initiative

The Nova Chemicals sponsorship will help bring two more marinas into the GLPC Initiative, bringing the total number of marinas participating to date to 13.

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Postindustrial

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Names 2020 Design for Recycling Award Winner

Lexmark received the award specifically for the design of its toner cartridges, of which 95% contain at least some post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic content.

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Postconsumer

Merging Sustainability and Innovation at Sealed Air

Ron Cotterman, vice president of innovation and sustainability at Sealed Air, talks about the company’s recent investment in Plastic Energy, an advanced recycling company.

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Commodity Resins

Innovative Recycler Sets Sights on PET Thermoforms

Green Impact Plastics becomes first to focus on thermoforms in tray-to-tray recycling venture.

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How to Ensure Reliable Feeder Performance When Handling PCR

Processors are being challenged to incorporate more recycled material into their products. Yet there are both economical and technical obstacles to achieving this objective—feeding among them. The design of your feeding equipment and the advantages that it will offer to your process will be more important than ever.

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sustainability

Extrusion: Go from Fluff to Blown Film With Twin-Screw System

System bypasses pelletizing step and can reprocess barrier films.

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Postindustrial

Südpack Invests in Chemical Recycling Joint Project with Recenso

The collaboration aims to convert production-related reusable materials into high-quality pyrolysis oil on an industrial scale.

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Postconsumer

Graham Recycling Company Celebrates 30th Anniversary

The plant is extremely important to Graham’s mission to create a circular economy.

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Postindustrial

Ineos Styrolution and AmSty to Build Joint Facility for Advanced Recycling of Polystyrene

The facility will feature Agilyx’s advanced recycling technology.

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Process Cooling