sustainability
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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Innovation, Customization & Sustainability: How Flex Films Focuses on U.S. Market
Global player in BOPET film has big plans for U.S. market with innovative products developed collaboratively with customers while paying heed to environmental concerns.
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K 2019 Report: Auxiliaries Stake Their Claim in the Circular Economy
The theme of sustainable plastics pervaded the exhibits at K 2019, even those of auxiliary equipment suppliers, where everything from dryers to blenders to hopper loaders was reimagined as part of a circular plastics process.
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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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'Circular Economy' Dominates Discussion of Resins, Additives at K 2019
New product launches from materials suppliers at the giant show shine light on sustainability.
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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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