sustainability
Innovative Recycler Sets Sights on PET Thermoforms
Green Impact Plastics becomes first to focus on thermoforms in tray-to-tray recycling venture.
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces $27 Million in Plastics Recycling Research and Development
As part of DOE’s Plastics Innovation Challenge, these projects will also help improve existing recycling processes.
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How to Ensure Reliable Feeder Performance When Handling PCR
Processors are being challenged to incorporate more recycled material into their products. Yet there are both economical and technical obstacles to achieving this objective—feeding among them. The design of your feeding equipment and the advantages that it will offer to your process will be more important than ever.
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First Recyclable All-PE Squeeze Tube with HDPE Flip-Top Cap
Monomaterial solution aids recycling by replacing typical PP hinged cap.
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MES Platform Adds Energy Monitoring Module
Wittmann Battenfeld’s TEMI+ manufacturing execution system (MES) software has added the IMAGOxt software module to track energy consumption and more on a plant floor.
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Extrusion: Go from Fluff to Blown Film With Twin-Screw System
System bypasses pelletizing step and can reprocess barrier films.
Read MoreSüdpack Invests in Chemical Recycling Joint Project with Recenso
The collaboration aims to convert production-related reusable materials into high-quality pyrolysis oil on an industrial scale.
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NYCOA Gets Green Light from FDA for its 2012 Nylon Film Copolymer
Manufacturer of specialty engineered nylon polymers Nylon Corporation of America (NYCOA)), Manchester, N.H., recently received Food Contact Substance approval from the FDA for its novel nylon film copolymer known as 2012, to be used as a component of multilayer, single use food packaging constructions, (excluding contact with infant formula and human milk). Said v.p. of ´óÏó´«Ã½ development and R&D Jonathan McEuen, “NYCOA has decades of experience developing and commercializing specialty nylon resin chemistries, including nylon materials used for industrial film applications.
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Graham Recycling Company Celebrates 30th Anniversary
The plant is extremely important to Graham’s mission to create a circular economy.
Read MoreIneos Styrolution and AmSty to Build Joint Facility for Advanced Recycling of Polystyrene
The facility will feature Agilyx’s advanced recycling technology.
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