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How the Right Granulator Helps You Get the Most Out of Your Material

Not all granulator designs are the same, so which one is right for your application? The one you have today may have been purchased for an entirely different application and may not be best suited to your needs. Here are some things to think about that can help you decide what’s best for you.

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Postindustrial

Extrupet Adds Second Starlinger PET Recycling Line

Extrupet Group has ordered a second Starlinger PET recycling line to meet the country’s growing demand for rPET.

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sustainability

Under One Roof: Innovative Recycler Closes the Loop

rPlanet Earth looks to disrupt the plastics recycling industry by creating a truly sustainable, closed-loop system for recycling and reuse of post-consumer plastics, with reclaim, sheet extrusion, thermoforming and preform making all in the same plant.

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sustainability

Henkel's Recycling Initiatives Include Social Plastic and Partnership with TerraCycle

Henkel expands its partnerships with the Plastic Bank and TerraCycle to increase its overall recycling offerings. 

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sustainability

Starlinger Lines Now at Three Locations of rPET Producer CarbonLITE

Starlinger recycling technology will deliver PET recycling lines with a total installed capacity of 5.4 tons/hour for CarbonLITE’s new site in Pennsylvania at the end of the year.

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sustainability

Plastics Industry Fly-In on March 27

This year’s Fly-In attendees will hold over 100 meetings with elected officials and their staff on the Hill

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Postconsumer

Report: Advanced Plastics Recycling Has Potential for $10 Billion Economic Output

If widely adopted, these processes could result in nearly 40,000 direct and indirect U.S. jobs, as much as $2.2 billion in annual payroll, and another $9.9 billion in direct and indirect economic output.

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sustainability

98% of European Plastics Production Covered by the Operation Clean Sweep Program

Operation Clean Sweep is an international program to prevent pellet loss.

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Postindustrial

Circular Polymers To Turn Post-Consumer Carpet Into Feedstock For Chemical Recycling

Circular Polymers to process 30 Million pounds of carpet annually.  

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Medical

Concurrent Chinaplas Events Cover Recycling, Industry 4.0, Design and More

The more than 3500 exhibitors are the biggest draw to Chinaplas, but in 2019 show organizer Adsale Exhibition Services is planning multiple collocated events to further boost appeal.

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Process Cooling