sustainability
For Texans, It Pays to Recycle
Pilot program will provide incentives to El Paso residents who drop off PET containers.
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Ineos Styrolution’s Recycled Eco ABS Grades Get RecyClass Certification
Certification of company’s Terluran Eco MR and Novodur Eco MR ABS grades confirms the PCR origin of the waste used in production of the respective products.
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DeDuster Systems Cleans Up rPET Sheet
rPlanet cut its gel count drastically—allowing it to sell more sheet at prime prices—after installing a DeDuster system.
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Materials Processing Company Invests in AI Sorting Technology
Terex Material Processing has purchased Zen Robotics.
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New PET Stretch-Blow System Saves Energy & Downtime, Aids rPET Use
New-generation Contiform PET stretch-blow molding machine from Krones is designed for sustainability throughout.
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K 2022 Preview: Injection Molding Closes the Circle, Digitally
Because the market requires sustainability—and important component of which is the circular economy—and sustainability requires digitization, all three will be major themes at injection molding booths at K 2022.
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MDOs Help Stretch PE Film Applications
As part of a series of interviews leading-up to K 2022, VDMA interviewed Joachim Oberbauer, sales manager at Hosokawa Alpine, about the role his company’s film extrusion technology plays in the drive toward a more circular economy.
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Recycling Line Boosts PET Melt Quality
At K Show and an Off Site Open House, BB Engineering demonstrated its innovations for PET recycling.
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Trex Expands Program to Organize Recycling Collection
Communities, universities, nonprofits, others called to join recycling movement.
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The ‘Natural’ History of Plastics is … well, ‘Circular’
‘Renewable’ and ‘biobased’ are the keywords to many developments in plastics today — which takes us back to the very origin of the plastics industry. How’s that for ‘circularity’? (another keyword today)
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