sustainability

Closed Loop Partners Leads Consortium of Investors in Acquiring Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR)

SMR manages several municipal recycling programs including the largest municipal recycling contract in North America-NYC’s contract.  

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sustainability

ExxonMobil Completes First Commercial Sale of Certified Circular Polymers

Berry Global is the company’s first customer of resins based on ExxonMobil’s Exxtend advanced recycling of plastic waste technology.

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Postconsumer

Upgrade to Next-Generation of Advanced Plastics Shredder

BCA Industries’ ES2000, also known as “The Beast”, offered with electric power option.

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Solvent-Based Inks Boost PET Recycling

Sun Chemical’s SunSpectro SolvaWash solvent-based inks allow higher quality and yield of recycled PET from bottles.  

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sustainability

Working Towards a Global Plan for Plastics Pollution

Less than a week before the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) convenes in Nairobi with the goal of creating a global treaty on plastics pollution, the OECD attempted to map out the breadth and depth of the issue.

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Packaging

Coca-Cola Pledges to Use More Refillable Bottles

Coca-Cola says 25% of all its beverages globally will be delivered in returnable/refillable containers by 2030, up from 16% in 2020.

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sustainability

Compatibilizer Gets How2Recycle Prequalification for Store Drop-Off Labeling

  Ampacet’s ReVive 311A achieves critical guidance recognition for new technologies in sustainable package design.  

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New Pulverizer Helps PVC Processor Boost Output

New unit from Pallmann converts PVC scrap and delivers 2000 lb/hr of recycled PVC at 20 mesh (840 micron) particle size.   

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Recycling

A New ‘Supercritical Water’ Approach to Recycling Plastic Packaging Waste

University of Birmingham license the rights to its technology to U.K.’s Stopford to develop a novel process for recycling mixed plastic packaging to obtain high-value recycled plastic.  

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Logitech Scales-Up Use of Recycled Plastic in Electronic Products

About 65% of mice & keyboards in the company’s largest product portfolio now use post-consumer recycled plastic

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Process Cooling
Plastics Size Reduction