Recycling
Rotary Batch Mixers Help Boost In-House Recycling
While sustainability is a relatively new term in plastics, rotary batch mixing is an old warhorse in many processing operations.
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FDA Gives OK to Novel RPET Extrusion System
German equipment supplier Gneuss (U.S. office in Matthews, N.C.) last month received an unrestricted non-objection letter from the U.S.
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Extrusion Vet Guthrie Supplies Recycling Equipment
Long-time extrusion industry executive Sandy Guthrie has started his own recycling equipment company.
Read MoreRecycled PET Pricing Is Unsettled
WEB EXCLUSIVE: On the East Coast, RPET prices continue to climb, although somewhat slower than they have been.
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From the Ashes, A More Efficient Film Operation Emerges
Three years after a fire destroyed most of its operation, Tex-Trude came back as a more productive extrusion ´óÏó´«Ã½.
Read MoreRecycled Resin Prices Still Rising in First Quarter
2010 was recovery year for many reprocessors.
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K 2010 Preview, Auxiliaries: Equipment of All Types Debuts This Month at K 2010
From materials drying, feeding, and blending to process heating/cooling, scrap reclaiming, testing, welding, and decorating—the K 2010 show this month in Dusseldorf, Germany, will have news in all categories of auxiliary equipment.
Read MoreLots of Action in Plastics Recycling
Several projects in recent months will increase capacity for recycled plastics.
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EXTRUSION & COMPOUNDING: Five-Layer Film Structures Set to Supplant Three Layers?
In blown film, equipment and material suppliers have come together to push five-layer technology into non-barrier applications previously held by three-layer films.
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Recycling & Scrap Reclaim at NPE 2003
Most of the news to be found at NPE in post-consumer recycling comes from Europe and concerns direct recycling of PET flake into sheet without repelletizing.
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