Recycling
Plastic Materials, Recycling Should Play Part in Infrastructure Plan
Nation’s recycling facilities should be targeted in planned infrastructure upgrades.
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IBM Tackles Chemical Recycling of Plastics From Post-Consumer PC (Think CDs) to a Thermoset
Jeannette Garcia, polymer chemist at IBM Research, details her research into chemical recycling of plastics for monomer recovery.
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PE Film Market Snap-Shot: T-Shirt Bags
Downgauging is a key trend: the average PE t-shirt bag utilizes 30% less material than a bag made five years ago, due mostly to advances in resin technology.
Read MoreMaag Buys Ettlinger
Moves expands Maag’s position in melt filtration. Novel injection presses could also get a boost.
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Extrusion: Quick-Change Manual Screen Changer
Quick-change mechanism reduces by 50% the force required for switching screens on an extrusion line.
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Auxiliaries: New Auxiliaries for Blending, Loading, Cooling & Granulating
Wittmann Battenfeld showed a variety of new and modified auxiliary equipment at the Fakuma show.
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P&G Increases Use of Post-Consumer Resin
This puts the company 32% of the way to its goal of doubling its use of PCR.
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Reusing Post-Consumer Plastics as a Concrete Strengthening Additive
Exposing discarded plastic to doses of gamma radiation changes the material’s crystalline structure in a way that makes the plastic stronger, stiffer and tougher.
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PET Bottle Recycling Declines in 2016
Exports to Asia and other markets outside North America dropped 11 percent over 2015, marking the sixth year of off-shore export decline.
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Processor Cultivates Success With Recycled Plastics
Landmark Plastic produces packaging and other products for the horticultural industry, using not only its own scrap, but reclaim it collects from growers and retailers.
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