Recycling

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Upgrade to Next-Generation of Advanced Plastics Shredder

BCA Industries’ ES2000, also known as “The Beast”, offered with electric power option.

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Postprocessing

Solvent-Based Inks Boost PET Recycling

Sun Chemical’s SunSpectro SolvaWash solvent-based inks allow higher quality and yield of recycled PET from bottles.  

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New Pulverizer Helps PVC Processor Boost Output

New unit from Pallmann converts PVC scrap and delivers 2000 lb/hr of recycled PVC at 20 mesh (840 micron) particle size.   

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sustainability

A New ‘Supercritical Water’ Approach to Recycling Plastic Packaging Waste

University of Birmingham license the rights to its technology to U.K.’s Stopford to develop a novel process for recycling mixed plastic packaging to obtain high-value recycled plastic.  

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Recycling

Injection Molder Sees Huge Growth in Recycling

Wittmann Battenfeld's material-handling systems and engineering support helped Monoflo International reprocess more than 60 million lb of plastics over 10 years.    

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sustainability

Vecoplan Opens West Coast Office

Southern California location to provide sales and after-sales support offices, spare and replacement parts, and offer product trials for shredders.

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Recycling

Honeywell, Avangard to Build New Advanced Recycling Plant in Texas

The planned advanced recycling plant is expected to have the capacity to transform 30,000 metric tons of mixed waste plastics into Honeywell recycled polymer feedstock per year.  

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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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sustainability

Ocean Plastics in My Wallet

O.P. recycling helps pay the bills.

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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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Plastics Size Reduction