sustainability

Postconsumer

Army Vet, Unifi Producing Flags from Recycled Water Bottles

The veteran’s company creates flags using Repreve recycled fiber made from 10 recycled water bottles.

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Used Machinery Dealer Expands in Southeast

ZAG Equipment has bigger facility in Gibsonville, N.C.

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Postconsumer

City in Iraq Opens its First Recycling, Production Plant

Iraq, with a population of 34.3 million, is estimated to produce 31,000 tons of solid waste every day while the capacity to collect this waste is 4,000 tons per day.

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Albis Plastic and Barnet Launch Recycling Joint Venture

The new Albis Barnet Polymers company will recycle, repelletize, and market post-industrial raw material, and use them to compound Albis' componds.

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Packaging

The Verdict Is In: Brand Owners Want Recycled PP

The Association of Postconsumer Recyclers surveyed 21 consumer brand companies regarding the potential for PCR PP.

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sustainability

RECYCLING and SCRAP RECLAIM: New Family of Shredders

Called the Raptor Series, these modularly designed units from Rapid Granulator feature a reported “world-first open-hearted” design.

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Commodity Resins

K 2016 Preview: Materials & Additives

Driving the wide range of new developments in engineered plastics and additives are higher performance, safety, and sustainability.

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sustainability

July’s Index—45.9

Plants with 50-99 employees expand for eighth straight month.

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IBM Research Yields New Way to Recycle PC E-Waste

Chemical reaction produces a new and better plastic from old CDs, LED screens, smartphones, etc.

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polyolefins

Recycled Resin Market Still Volatile

At midyear, recycled resin prices presented a mixed picture, though industry sources see a period of soft prices ahead.

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Plastics Size Reduction