PT ZONE: Recycled Materials

RPET Prices Come Full Circle
WEB EXCLUSIVE: RPET prices in the first quarter fluctuated but mostly ended up where they started. More (+)
Pallets, Pellets Use Old Tires as Feedstock
Custom injection and compression molder CTC Plastics, Dayton, Ohio, recently rolled out a line of pallets and will be supplying the resin compounds used to make them as well. More (+)


MOST RECENT CONTENT: Recycled Materials

Low Prices Won’t Last
12/27/2012Plastics Technology

2012 brought lower prices across the board to buyers of recycled materials.

R-PET Pricing Stable for Now
10/1/2012Plastics Technology

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Recycled PET orders are starting to pick up, and prices are beginning to stabilize.

MGP Bioplastics Launches High-Heat Biodegradable Resin
10/1/2012Plastics Technology

The Bioplastics Div.of MGP Ingredients, Inc., Atchinson, Kan., has expanded its portfolio of Terratek renewable-content plastics with a new line of biodegradable compounds.

Recycled Plastics Prices Unstable In First Half of 2012
6/27/2012Plastics Technology

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Recycled plastic prices are plummeting as virgin materials’ prices slide lower and lower.

MATERIALS AT NPE: All Market Sectors Benefit from Large Crop of New Materials
4/28/2012Plastics Technology

Higher-performance and easier processing PE film resins for packaging, a one-pass crosslinked PE for photovoltaic (PV) wire and cable, several higher-performing nylons and TPEs, “greener” plastics, and enhanced styrenic and PC resins are among the new materials that made their debut at the big show in Orlando, Fla., last month.

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Recycled Materials

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These are materials formulated with some percentage of either post-industrial or post-consumer scrap. The most common recycled material is PET.


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