sustainability

Commodity Resins

Ingeo Biopolymer Tops 'Smallest Carbon Footprint' List

  NatureWorks' online calculator offers brand owners and researchers a tool for comparing GHG emissions and the non-renewable energy use of products made from different plastics.

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best practices

How Optical Sorting Can Boost Your Reclaim Operation

Here are tips on how to implement optical-sorting technology to increase the value of regrind and flake produced in your plant.

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Processor ‘Ties’ Business To Railroad Infrastructure

IntegriCo Composites expands and adds new capabilities to produce compression molded railroad ties from recycled materials.

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Postconsumer

APR Establishes New Strategies For Film Reclamation

The association recently appointed Sandi Childs, a long time recycling industry executive, to direct its flexible film recovery efforts.

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sustainability

Eriez Introduces Moisture Monitor To The Recycling Industry

The non-contact electronic scanning device is said to prevent excess water content in recycling processes.

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Postconsumer

Adidas Develops Shoes Made From Ocean Waste

The amount of waste in our oceans is staggering.

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Postconsumer

Rising Virgin Prices Bode Well for Recycled Resins

Recycled HDPE prices went up earlier in the year and are now subsiding. R-PET prices were low but have risen and may now stabilize.

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Biopolymers

Materials at NPE: New Solutions to Enhance Processing, Performance, Sustainability & Cost

There was no shortage of new thermoplastics and additives covering the full range of end-use applications.

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sustainability

Recycling’s Here to Stay, And We’re Ready to Report on It

Plastics Technology will increase coverage of this developing industry.

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Blending & Dosing