Recycling
Designing Recycled Content: How Processors Fit In
Brand owners, material suppliers and processors weigh in on the challenges and opportunities of designing applications with recycled content.
Read MoreDistinguishing HDPE from LDPE at the Blink of an Eye/Push of a Button
BASF’s trinamiX adds new PE application for plastic sorting to its mobile NIR spectroscopy solution.
Read MorePure Loops Shredder-Extruder Delivers Impressive Recycling of Challenging Production Waste
Erema’s Pure Loop technology can efficiently handle thin-walled HDPE drip tapes and HDPE irrigation pipes.
Read MoreGlobal Bottle Maker Commits to Major Boost in Recycling
ALPLA Group multiplies its recycling investment by a factor of five.
Read MoreEriez Completes Plant Expansion
A major expansion provides space for manufacturing, R&D, aftermarket repair and a new Recycling Test Center for full-scale equipment demonstrations.
Read MoreRecycling Group Hires New President
Plastics Forming Enterprise names Kristi Hansen president.
Read MoreFollow These Tips to Give Your Granulator Blades the Edge
Here are answers to some frequently asked questions—and troubleshooting advice—to help you maintain your granulator blades.
Read MoreClosed-Loop Recycling Makes Old Printer Cartridges New Again
Canon runs a big recycling operation in Virginia where it collects and sorts toner cartridges, pelletizes the scrap, then molds new cartridges from the reclaim.
Read MoreBuilding an Ocean-Bound Plastics Supply Chain
Atando Cabos, working with partners ExxonMobil and Engel, is taking discarded fishing rope and transforming it into raw material to reincorporate into the production chain as long-term recyclable products.
Read MoreBorealis and Tomra Open Mechanical Recycling Demo Plant
The new plant will produce ready-for-market fully formulated polymer pellets.
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