Plastics News1d
Recycled PET prices rise from hurricane-related demand
A hurricane "happens to be good for PET markets, in the sense that because of the hurricane, you've had a lot of emergency ...
Plastics News22d
Stork boosts potential for more recycled content
Hengelo, Netherlands-based Stork Plastics Machinery BV has developed a breakthrough injection molding machine to process recycled PET in response to market demand and environmental concerns.
CU Boulder News & Events22d
Recycle, reuse—rethink? How a fresh approach to storytelling could put plastics in their place
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KSHB Kansas City23d
KC pilot program uses recycled plastic bags, shredded tires to create stronger roads
Share your story idea with Grant. A Kansas City pilot program is working to eliminate waste by using recycled plastics in asphalt mixes. It's a method researchers say makes the roads stronger and ...
Packaging Europe23d
How Unilever thinks about packaging sustainability
Emma Liggins attended the company’s media roundtable to dive into Unilever’s revised sustainability strategy and its views on the upcoming Global Plastics Treaty. By 2025, Unilever aspires to reach 25 ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation24d
Moss Vale Plasrefine plastic recycling plant proposal moves forward, sparks calls for better regulation
The Plasrefine recycling plant would be built across three hectares of a 7.7-hectare Moss Vale site, rise four storeys high, and recycle up to 120,000 tonnes of plastic annually. The proposed ...
Letsrecycle.com24d
OPINION: ‘Chemical Recycling – still an opportunity to grasp in the UK!’
OPINION: Chemical recycling is an umbrella term for a variety of technologies, often called ‘advanced recycling’, which allow for many of the widely used softer (flexible) plastics to be recycled as ...
Devex25d
Recycled education: How plastic is teaching students in Uganda
“The pupils made these learning materials out of recycled plastic by themselves. This has helped them cut costs of buying learning materials while also making a connection with environmental ...
Yahoo25d
State governor signs new law effectively banning all plastic bags at grocery stores: 'It's in our food, air, water, and even our bodies'
As NPR reports, many recycling facilities can't recycle plastic bags because the soft material causes equipment jamming at recycling centers. Plastic shopping bags are one of the most common forms ...
Letsrecycle.com25d
Greater Manchester plastic recycling to include more items
Residents in Bury, Bolton, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford can now recycle pots, tubs and trays within their mixed recycling. Previously only plastic bottles ...
Canadian Plastics25d
Kia unveils car accessory made using recycled ocean plastic
Kia plans to raise the recycled plastic application in its vehicles to more than 20 per cent by 2030.
Recycling International25d
OECD: ‘We must work together to cut plastic production and pollution’
The figures presented are stark. Annual plastics production and use is projected to rise from 435 million tonnes in 2020 to 736 million tonnes in 2040. The share of recycled plastics would remain ...