Recycling

Postconsumer

Top Recycling Stories of 2015

As PT’s Editorial Director Jim Callari wrote earlier this year: recycling is here to stay.

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Blow Molding

November 2015—44.3

Processors plan to invest in capital equipment as smaller processors are doing better.

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Postconsumer

RECYCLING: The Importance of Quality-Assurance Testing for Recycled Materials

Consider investing in these tools to ensure your material makes the grade.

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sustainability

EXTRUSION: Managing Regrind

Reusing scrap is a necessary evil. But be aware of the negative impact scrap has on properties and extrusion efficiencies. Start by developing a regrind-usage program.

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Postconsumer

New Recycling Center Opens In Vegas

The $37 million facility is said to be the largest residential recycling center in North America.

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Postconsumer

Herbold USA Installs Rooftop Solar Energy System

In the fall of 2015, the company purchased a rooftop solar energy system to provide electrical power to its 10,000 square foot facility located in North Smithfield.

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Postconsumer

Erema Opens New Upcycling Facility For Recycled Materials

The company invested about 2 million Euros in its 'UpCentre' facility, which features a COREMA 1108 T for a maximum monthly production of 500 tons.

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sustainability

U.S. Plastic Bottle Recycling Reaches 3 Billion Pounds

Single-stream collection of household recyclables continues to grow, resulting in higher participation rates.

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sustainability

New Plastics Recovery Facility To Open in Baltimore

One of the biggest barriers to increasing recycling rates is a lack of infrastructure.

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Postindustrial

Why & When Should You Re-Crystallize PET Scrap?

Whether you’re blow molding PET bottles or extruding APET sheet, you’ll produce amorphous scrap in the process. How you handle it will impact your production costs. Re-crystallizing it will help.

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