PT ZONE: Recycling & Scrap Reclamation
Prices Have Dropped2011 was a difficult year for recycled plastics, mostly because of the unpredictability of the Chinese market, which soaks up a lot of U.S. material, mainly on the West Coast. “We are so tied to China,” says one broker. “If people think China isn’t going to take a particular material, then prices go down.”The end of a year can be a little confusing, as well, where pricing is concerned. More (+)
Self-Cleaning Screen Changer Helps Recycle Dirty Scrap Two different recyclers have discovered a way to process highly contaminated scrap without substantial losses in economy and productivity. More (+)
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Dow Explores Burning Plastics Waste for Energy
8/23/2011Plastics Technology
This spring, Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich., conducted pilot tests that validated and documented the potential for energy recovery from incinerating plastics wastes.
First 100% RPET Soft-Drink Bottle in North America7/27/2011Plastics Technology
Last month, PepsiCo Beverages Canada, Mississauga, Ont., unveiled what’s said to be North America’s first soft-drink bottle made from 100% recycled PET.
Rotary Batch Mixers Help Boost In-House Recycling5/31/2011Plastics Technology
While sustainability is a relatively new term in plastics, rotary batch mixing is an old warhorse in many processing operations.
FDA Gives OK to Novel RPET Extrusion System4/25/2011Plastics Technology
German equipment supplier Gneuss (U.S. office in Matthews, N.C.) last month received an unrestricted non-objection letter from the U.S.
Extrusion Vet Guthrie Supplies Recycling Equipment4/25/2011Plastics Technology
Long-time extrusion industry executive Sandy Guthrie has started his own recycling equipment company.
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OVERVIEW:
Recycling & Scrap Reclamation
Processors of all types try to avoid generating scrap, but when it is used it generally is re-used by putting it back into the process. Scrap generally falls within two categories: post-industrial and post-consumer. Industrial scrap includes off-spec parts, sprues and the like, and is usually reduced in size by devices such as granulators, shredders and pulverizers and re-fed into the machine. In post-consumer operations, recyclers take in bags, bottles and other end products. These are ultimately washed and pelletized and either sold by a recycler to processors or reprocessed into parts.
Product Announcements
- RECYCLING/SCRAP RECLAIM: Melt Filter for Highly Contaminated Scrap
- Ettlinger Kunststoffmaschinen GmbH 6/27/2011
- RECYCLING/SCRAP RECLAIM: Heavy-Duty Pipe Shredders
- Cumberland Engineering Corp. 6/27/2011
- 'Dryer-less' Reclaim of PET/PLA with Direct Sheet Extrusion
- PTi/Processing Technologies International 4/1/2010
- Rotary Melt Filter Allows More Reclaim in Film Lines
- Gneuss, Inc. 4/1/2010
- Three Welding Methods in One Machine
- Bielomatik Inc. 3/1/2010
