sustainability
Ineos Styrolution and Agilyx to Build New Polystyrene Chemical Recycling Plant in Illinois
The facility will be capable of processing up to 100 tons per day of post-consumer polystyrene and converting it into a styrene product that will go into the manufacturing of new polystyrene products.
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Feeding/Blending: Add Color Throughout Recovery and Injection Phases
Maguire extends its 100% Injection Coloring technology as an option for its MGF gravimetric feeders.
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An Agricultural Recycling 'Revolution'
Revolution is a leading brand bringing together expertise in recycling of agricultural film and manufacturing of plastic film, bags and irrigation tubing. The focus in all areas is to create sustainable closed-loop systems and use as much post-consumer resin as possible in all products manufactured.
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Pacific Northwest Recycling Project Releases Results From Pilot Program
The project made use of a portable Secondary Material Recovery Facility (Secondary MRF) that operated for 60 days in Portland, receiving, sorting and measuring the possible recovery from two types of material streams from four MRFs located in Oregon and Washington.
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Increased Investment in Material Recovery Facilities and Consumer Education Push Recycling Forward
Shannon Crawford with the Plastics Industry Association discusses what's being done to expand recycling efforts in the United States.
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Brush Up on Recycling in Honor of America Recycles Day
Plastics are an extremely important part of our daily lives—and their proper disposal is extremely important as well. Recycling is the key to saving energy and keeping plastics out of oceans and landfills. In honor of America Recycles Day, check out Recycling 101 on This Is Plastics to brush up on the basics, and go beyond to see how the industry is innovating to recycle more plastics or turn these resources into energy.
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Sustainability and Circularity at NPE2021
Circularity will be a show-defining feature of NPE2021, including an expanded, dedicated exhibit zone spotlighting sustainability.
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Henkel, BASF Collaborate on Chemical Recycling
Henkel is evaluating further opportunities for integrating chemically recycled plastic in its product packaging.
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Feeding/Blending: New Feeders, Blenders for Regrind And Wire/Cable at K 2019
Movacolor brought out several new gravimetric systems.
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Opaque White Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Proven with 100% rPET
Swiss masterbatch producer Sukano and French PET bottle machinery builder Sidel collaborated on a project to confirm the bottle-to-bottle recyclability of opaque white light-barrier PET dairy bottles.
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