Recycling
Extrupet Adds Second Starlinger PET Recycling Line
Extrupet Group has ordered a second Starlinger PET recycling line to meet the country’s growing demand for rPET.
Read MoreIneos Styrolution, GreenMantra to Partner on Advancing Polystyrene Chemical Recycling
This joint development agreement brings together a promising match between the chemical up-cycling technology patented by GreenMantra for plastic waste and the manufacturing expertise of Ineos Styrolution.
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Size Reduction: Less Noise and Less Energy For Screenless Granulator
Redesigned low-speed screenless granulators feature improvements designed from the inside out, including staggered cutters for more consistent regrind using less energy.
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Under One Roof: Innovative Recycler Closes the Loop
rPlanet Earth looks to disrupt the plastics recycling industry by creating a truly sustainable, closed-loop system for recycling and reuse of post-consumer plastics, with reclaim, sheet extrusion, thermoforming and preform making all in the same plant.
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Henkel's Recycling Initiatives Include Social Plastic and Partnership with TerraCycle
Henkel expands its partnerships with the Plastic Bank and TerraCycle to increase its overall recycling offerings.
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Earth Day 2019: Reinventing Reuse with Ocean-Bound Plastics Initiatives
A look at new products and initiatives to help curb ocean-bound plastics, including HP, adidas and Dow.
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Starlinger Lines Now at Three Locations of rPET Producer CarbonLITE
Starlinger recycling technology will deliver PET recycling lines with a total installed capacity of 5.4 tons/hour for CarbonLITE’s new site in Pennsylvania at the end of the year.
Read MorePLASTICS Re|focus Summit Announces National Geographic As Closing Plenary
Valerie Craig, vice president of operating programs for the National Geographic Society, will be the closing plenary speaker for the 2019 Re|focus Sustainability & Recycling Summit to be held on May 20-22 in Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Eastman Launches Chemical Recycling Innovation for Complex Plastic Waste
Eastman’s ‘carbon renewal technology’ can recycle difficult to recycle plastic waste such as flexible packaging and films.
Read MoreAmSty Now Using Recycled Polystyrene Converted from Waste by Agilyx
This step reportedly marks the first time a plastics producer has successfully produced high-purity ASTM styrene from polystyrene waste.
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