Recycling
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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Re|focus Webinar Series Kicks Off May 28th with “Putting Marine Plastics to Work in the Supply Chain”
Join PLASTICS for the first webinar in the Re|focus series featuring a panel of industry experts addressing marine debris. With major efforts underway across the globe to remove plastic from the environment, what can be done with it aside from landfilling this material or incinerating it?
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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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Eastman Discusses Reusable Sport Bottles Consumer Study; Sustainability Aspects
Brad Moncla, marketing segment manager for durables at Eastman, talks about the reusability of its Tritan products, sustainability, and a focus on the company’s COVID-19 response.
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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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Inhance Technologies’ Barrier Packaging Recognized as Fully Recyclable by APR and PRE
The Enkase technology imparts a permanent barrier that can be applied to HDPE containers and reportedly protects the product integrity by reducing ingredient loss and increasing shelf life and quality, while maintaining recyclability.
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Thermoformed Detergent Tub Now Contains 50% Recycled PP
Tub sits inside a recycled cardboard wrapper that permits a 40% reduction in the overall weight of plastic.
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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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