sustainability
Plastics in the Home (Mine), Continued
What to do with a growing stock of reusable plastic shopping bags and a pile of plastic cutlery packs from restaurant takeout?
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Clothing Reseller Finds Recycling Pathway
A partnership between ThredUp and Azek will recycle clothing bags to composite deck products.
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"First" Bacteria to Upcycle Single-Use PET Heading to Space
Collaborators at Seed Health, MIT, NREL, Weil Cornell and Harvard have built an autonomous biological system which converts PET to an environmentally-benign “new” plastic.
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CJ Biomaterials and NatureWorks Sign Master Collaboration Agreement on Development of New Bioplastics
The two companies will jointly develop new sustainable materials based on CJ’s amorphous PHA and NatureWorks’ PLA resins.
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Recycling Challenge Gets Students Engaged
Trex program encourages kids to compete and learn about recycling.
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Advanced Recycling: Beyond Pyrolysis
Consumer-product brand owners increasingly see advanced chemical recycling as a necessary complement to mechanical recycling if they are to meet ambitious goals for a circular economy in the next decade. Dozens of technology providers are developing new technologies to overcome the limitations of existing pyrolysis methods and to commercialize various alternative approaches to chemical recycling of plastics.
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Development of Sustainable Soft Materials Accelerated
VTT Technical Research Center fast tracks the development of materials by 50% through physics-based modeling and AI.
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Reports Highlight Need for Secondary Recovery Facilities
Matching output of material recovery facilities to demand may require investment in a new type of processing center.
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AMP Robotics Opens New Headquarters in Colorado
The maker of AI-empowered robotics and sorting systems for recycling will combine operations into the new 84,000-ft2 facility outside Denver, which includes manufacturing and R&D.
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Thermoforming PCR: An Equipment Supplier’s Pointers
Thermoforming PCR is not radically different from forming virgin, but variation in recycled materials can require extra care to get a consistent end result. Start by examining every aspect of the process from the sheet (and extrusion process if run inline) to the final trim.
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