Recycling
Recycling: New PE Grades Made With a Blend of Recycled Material
Ineos launches polymer for caps made from 50% recycled bottle caps diverted from waste.
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Recycling: Continuous-Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites with Recycled Polycarbonate
Half of the matrix for the new semi-finished products consists of recycled material originating from the recycling of reusable polycarbonate water bottles.
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Eastman Talks Increasing Demand for Recycled Materials
Holli Alexander, Eastman’s strategic initiative manager of global sustainability, discusses the company’s recycling initiatives.
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New Concepts in PET Wine & Vitamin Bottles
Amcor’s two new looks for PET wine bottles—one with PCR---and a first all-PCR PET multivitamin bottle.
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Finding the Right Melt Filtration System for Post-Consumer Recycling
To achieve high-quality pellets at the end of the recycling process, chose filtration technology based on both the input materials as well as the performance requirements of the finished material.
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How Smart a Granulator Do You Need?
Some processors see value in grinders that communicate on a network, report preventive-maintenance data, order spare parts, and provide complete maintenance instructions.
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Check Out the Game-Changing Technologies Recognized by the Re|focus Sustainability Innovation Awards
Learn about the award-winning material, design and end-of-life technologies from Vartega, Accredo Packaging and Eastman, respectively.
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Recycling: New Developments in Recycled Content Labels
Avery Dennison and Sabic are working on a recycled polypropylene (rPP) label; UPM Raflatac announces new recycled content film labels.
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Lux Research: No Singular Technology to Command Plastic Recycling
Lux Research report takes a look at the economic forces driving growth across the four main plastic recycling technologies.
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U.S. Energy Department and American Chemistry Council to Collaborate on Plastics Recycling
The MOU serves as a framework for the U.S. Department of Energy and ACC to collaborate on the development of innovative plastics recycling technologies and strengthen the domestic plastics supply chain.
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