Postconsumer

Sheet Extrusion

Octal to Start PET Sheet Extrusion in Ohio

APET sheet to be made exclusively from sheet flake.

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Materials

APPLICATION: Optical Sorter Boosts CarbonLite's RPET Quality

An Buhler Sortex optical sorting system is optimized for RPET bottling operation.

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Commodity Resins

Up to 10% Compostable Plastic in PE Recycle Streams is Okay!

European Bioplastics meta-study shows that a small fraction of compostable plastic 'sneaking in' on PE recycle streams has no adverse effect on mechanical properties of recycled material.

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Postindustrial

Recycling News at K 2013

New developments combine recycling and compounding in one step. Plenty of news at K in size reduction and de-labeling.

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Postconsumer

From whence it came—group promotes plastics-to-oil tech

Can plastics-to-oil technology supply an answer to plastics lingering end-of-life issues?

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SPI and ACC partner on rigid plastics packaging, thermoforming

Can polyethylene terephthalate (PET) thermoforms enjoy the same recycling rates as their bottle brethren? Increasing thermoformed packaging reclaim, and that of other rigid plastics, will likely just be one goal of a new collaboration between SPI and ACC.

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PS Recycling Project Launched in Montreal

The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA), along with the city of Montreal and other partners, is embarking on a polystyrene recycling project that it hopes will be a model for future endeavors of this type.

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Postconsumer

Nordson Buys Kreyenborg

Nordson Corp. continues to add to its portfolio of plastics equipment companies with the purchase of Kreyenborg GmbH, which makes screen changers; and sister company BKG Bruckmann, which makes pelletizers.

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Postconsumer

Making Bags from Old Ag Film

What鈥檚 billed as the first-ever operation to recycle agricultural film into grocery sacks was launched last month by California bag maker Command Packaging.

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K 2013 Preview: Extrusion, Compounding, Recycling

Across all extrusion technologies, expect to see new standards in speed, quality, flexibility, and efficiency in both energy and material usage.

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Plastics Size Reduction
Process Cooling