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Postindustrial

VIDEO: Moving Beyond Buzzwords in Recycling

OEMs, brand owners, and retailers, as well as plastics processors, recyclers and equipment suppliers have converged on New Orleans for the annual Plastics Recycling Conference.

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Postindustrial

Decking Producer Becomes Supplier of Recycled Pellets

Composite decking manufacturer Trex expands from using recycled LLDPE internally to also supplying recycled pellets to others. It found the commercial recycled plastics market to be a journey full of both rewards and challenges.

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Postconsumer

How2Recycle Label Changing Recycling Habits

The How2Recycle Label program finished its soft launch in early 2012 and now has more than 60 participating companies and brands and is growing every month.

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sustainability

New Surfing Fin Made With Recycled WPC

Future Fins, Green Dot collaborate on fin for stand-up paddleboards.

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P&G Unveils New Shampoo Bottle from Recycled Beach Plastic

The new Plastics Economy includes shampoo bottles made out of beach plastic.

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Welcome to the New Plastics Recycling Economy

A new report provides a clear transition strategy for the plastics industry to design better packaging, increase recycling rates and introduce new models for making better use of packaging.聽

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sustainability

Update on ‘Clean, Sustainable’ Carbon Black Production

Monolith Materials moves towards the potential reestablishment of North America as a leading carbon black producer.

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Packaging

Is rPET OK for Hot-Fill Bottles?

Up to 50% recycle does not affect necessary properties, study finds.

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Postconsumer

SPI Rebrands as Plastics Industry Association

SPI is now PLASTICS and also has a new logo, which represents the six facets of the plastics industry supply chain.

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sustainability

Video: Job Creation Through Plastic Bottle Recycling

The fluctuating jobs numbers are always making the news but here鈥檚 one that is specific to plastics recycling.

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