Postindustrial
How Graham Packaging Counters PCR Supply/Demand Squeeze
Customers want more PCR—including food grade—than recyclers can supply. Solutions involve efforts to educate customers, employees, and the community at large. New technologies also offer hope.
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Nova Chemicals and Enerkem to Jointly Research New Advanced Recycling Catalyst Technology
Working together, the companies will research advanced recycling technology to transform hard-to-recycle municipal waste, including items such as plastics, household waste, and construction materials, into ethylene at full commercial scale.
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Compounding: Closed-Loop System for Coex Film Reclaim
New system permits reclaim of multi-layer production scrap at rates up to 100%.
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Wolfgang Steinwender Named CEO of NGR
Wolfgang Steinwender takes over as CEO; his predecessor Josef Hochreiter will devote more time to the further development of Next Generation Holding.
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Coperion and Aurora Kunststoffe Partner on Industrial Recycling Project
The companies detail how by using Coperion ZSK extruders, Aurora Kunststoffe is able to process industrial by-products and turns them into high-quality raw materials.
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Waste Solutions Provider Brightmark Announces New Growth Plan
Over the past two years, Brightmark has more than tripled the size of its staff, garnered $150 million in equity investments in its projects, and acquired proprietary technology that aims to create a circular economy for post-use plastics.
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Cumberland Granulators Works with Teel Plastics and KW Plastics to Help Meet Sustainability Goals
Cumberland Granulators division of ACS Group details the recent work they've done with Teel Plastics and KW Plastics to help them quantify the reduction of global warming potential at their plants.
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Butler-MacDonald Expands Capacity to Meet Increased Demand
The company says that March 2020 sales are up 10% over 2019.
Read MoreBASF and Security Matters Partner to Develop Plastics Traceability Technology
The proprietary technology from Security Matters seeks to improve the traceability and sorting of plastics in the value chain.
Read MoreToyo Styrene Licenses Agilyx Recycling Technology in Japan
The facility in Japan will focus on recycling post-use polystyrene back to styrene monomer.
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