sustainability

sustainability

Plastic Bank Stops 2 Billion Plastic Bottles from Entering the Ocean

In reaching this milestone, the social enterprise worked with more than 30,000 collectors across the Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil, and Egypt.

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Recycling

Solvent-Based Recycling: Emerging Technology for Reclaiming & Purifying Polyolefins with Twin-Screw Extruders

Just now being applied commercially, solvent-based recycling turns colored polyolefin waste into clear, clean and even food-grade resin comparable to virgin—all while keeping the polymer structure intact. Specially engineered systems of tandem twin-screw or twin- and single-screw extruders can do the trick.

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Packaging Project Combines Thin Walls, Recycled Content and High Speeds

A collaborative project to produce a 5-liter thin-walled pail brought together Arburg and specialists in mold making, automation, in-mold labeling, material handling and resin supply.

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sustainability

Service Helps Manufacturers Buy Energy When the Time is Right

Insulating manufacturers from market volatility can pay off big, as one firm can attest.  

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Biopolymers

New Family of Bioplastics Boast Property Retention as well as Degradability and Recyclability

U.K. and U.S university research team have developed both a stretchable rubber like plastic as well as a tough but ductile one.  

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Ocean Plastics in My Wallet

O.P. recycling helps pay the bills.

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Recycling

Dow Invests in Recycler Mr. Green Africa

At full scale, the investment is expected to create approximately 200 more direct jobs, impact the lives of 5,000 waste pickers and engage more than 250,000 consumers in separation at source programs. 

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Postindustrial

Scrap-Reclaim System For Film

Can reprocess 90-110 lb/hr of PE scrap and is fed via a trim basket and/or optional roll feed.  

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Plastics Size Reduction
Process Cooling