Recycling
Entrepreneur Puts Mixed-Polymer Recycling On Track to Success
Polywood Inc. in Edison, N.J., uses mixed recycled plastics to make fiber-reinforced structural profiles for railroad ties, I-beams, and decks.
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Recycling at K 2001: New & Better Ways to Reclaim PET
Last fall's K 2001 show in Dusseldorf brought out new advances in bottle-to-bottle PET recycling.
Read MoreThe Fine Art Of Separation
If you need ground plastic waste separated from metal particles, or plastic flakes separated by color or density, Butler-MacDonald Inc. is up to the job.
Read MoreProcessors Wins Business Running Reclaim Nobody Else Wants
SelecTech’s ´óÏó´«Ã½ model is unique as a company involved in recycling, so too is its success.
Read MoreTwin-Screw Demo System for Sheet Extrusion from Undried PET
Leistritz has installed ZSE-27 and ZSE-50 Maxx twin-screw extrusion systems in its Somerville, N.J., process laboratory to demonstrate the energy savings possible by reprocessing undried PET in-line with direct sheet extrusion.
Read MoreRecycle Pricing: RPET Market is Hot, Prices Are Soaring
The recycled PET market was red-hot in February and March with Chinese export demand picking up on the West Coast and new domestic recycling plants competing for that same material.
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How Much Regrind Can You Handle?
Most extrusion operations generate scrap, and in the case of sheet for thermoforming it can exceed 70% of total output.
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Molder’s Message to Foreign Competitors: ‘Bring It On!’
An inspired combination of automation, ISO certification, use of certified resins, and strict adherence to a rigorous set of time-honed manufacturing standards are among the chief factors giving the Rodon Group, a 54-year-old custom molding operation in Hatfield, Pa., the confidence to boast that it can beat the pants off of Chinese part pricing, and Mexican pricing, too.And it’s not an idle boast.
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Processing PCR: How It’s Done at a Leading PET Bottle Maker
Many food and beverage companies are either using or thinking about using recycled materials in their packaging.
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Sustainability Drives Innovation at Leading RPET Processors
Two Southern California processors have boldly gone where no one has ever gone before.
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