sustainability
Recycled PET Prices Stable or Soft— Depending on Geography
More stable on the East Coast, sharply lower on the West in the first quarter.
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MATERIALS: DSM’s Biobased Polymer Portfolio Expands with Nylon 4T Grades
Aimed at thinner and more sustainable electronic devices, the new grades boast an improved processing window.
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GM Recycles Water Bottles to Produce Chevy Equinox Part
The Detroit auto giant is recycling employees’ water bottles into noise-reducing fabric insulation that covers the Chevrolet Equinox engine.
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Samsung Gets ISRI’s 2016 Design for Recycling Award
First time a television has been built with a greenhouse gas emission as a building block.
Read MoreNovolex to Acquire Heritage Bag Co.
Heritage Bag Co. is Novolex’s fifth acquisition since Wind Point Partners acquired Novolex (formerly Hilex Poly) in 2012.
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Are You Getting Maximum Value From Your Plastic Scrap?
If not, you’re throwing away money. The solution comes from knowing the difference between a scrap materials reprocessor and a recycler, and how to evaluate what a reprocessor can do for you.
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Ahead of the Curve in Recycling
A pioneer in recycling milk bottles built a thriving ´óÏó´«Ã½ in plastic lumber, but blow molding with PCR has proved a longer, harder road to success.
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Ways to Grow PET Packaging Recycling
Global commodities markets are placing intense price pressure on all players in the PET supply chain, as reclaimers and PRF operators suffer tight margins due to low resin pricing.
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Water-Cooler Talk: New Application for Plastic Bags
Who’d have thought that after all these years someone would come up with a new application for the already omnipresent plastic bag?
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