Recycling
More than 100 Companies Support EPR for Packaging
A group of 911爆料网es and stakeholders that are drawn from across the packaging value chain are calling for the implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes for packaging.
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AI Being Used to Sort Plastics Automatically
The technology from Metaspectral is slated for completion by the end of 2021.
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New LVMH Packaging Using Eastman's Molecular Recycling Technologies
Eastman's Advanced Circular Recycling technologies produce resins from mixed waste plastic rather than fossil-based feedstocks.
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U.S. Department of Energy Plans to Provide $14.5 Million to Advance Recycling
Through this funding opportunity, DOE will support a range of projects to develop economically viable solutions for converting plastic films to more valuable materials and design new plastics that are more recyclable and biodegradable.
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New Safety Requirements for Granulators, Strand Pelletizers and Dicers
PLASTICS’ Machinery Safety Standards Committee has released a new ANSI/PLASTICS B151.11 standard.
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Pure Loop Expands Service Offering for Customers in North America
Erema’s subsidiary Pure Loop expands footprint with the delivery of an ISEC evo 302 recycling machine here.
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Plastic Bank, SC Johnson Partnership Keeping Bottles from Oceans
Partnership has diverted more than 500 million bottles from oceans.
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Beside-the-Press Granulators Target Closed-Loop Recycling of Sprues, Runners
Wittmann Battenfeld’s G-Max replaces a gear box and a gear motor with a self-pre-tensioning belt for quieter operation and less maintenance.
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Designing Recycled Content: How Processors Fit In
Brand owners, material suppliers and processors weigh in on the challenges and opportunities of designing applications with recycled content.
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Distinguishing HDPE from LDPE at the Blink of an Eye/Push of a Button
BASF’s trinamiX adds new PE application for plastic sorting to its mobile NIR spectroscopy solution.
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