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Recycled Resin Market Expected to Be Strong in 2014

RPET prices are expected to rise this year. Recyclers expect a strong year for R-HDPE, too.

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.

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.

RPET Prices Stable

Recycled PET prices are perhaps a penny above where they were in June and seem to be going nowhere.

Recycled Resin Pricing Was A Mixed Bag in First Half of 2013

RPET Prices Come Full Circle

WEB EXCLUSIVE: RPET prices in the first quarter fluctuated but mostly ended up where they started.

Pallets, Pellets Use Old Tires as Feedstock

Custom injection and compression molder CTC Plastics, Dayton, Ohio, recently rolled out a line of pallets and will be supplying the resin compounds used to make them as well.

Low Prices Won’t Last

2012 brought lower prices across the board to buyers of recycled materials.

R-PET Pricing Stable for Now

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Recycled PET orders are starting to pick up, and prices are beginning to stabilize.

MGP Bioplastics Launches High-Heat Biodegradable Resin

The Bioplastics Div.of MGP Ingredients, Inc., Atchinson, Kan., has expanded its portfolio of Terratek renewable-content plastics with a new line of biodegradable compounds.