Postconsumer
Best Practices in Processing with Recycled Material
Inside: What brand owners are planning, and how processors ahead of the curve have already responded.
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Plastic Food Packaging and Sustainability During COVID-19
Bob Maughon, executive vice president, technology & innovation for SABIC, discusses the role of plastic food packaging and sustainability in light of today’s public health climate.
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Encina Turning Plastic Waste Into Renewable Base Chemicals and Fuels
Encina’s initial U.S. facility will implement the proprietary technology to produce the valuable renewable chemicals and can take plastic in varying conditions – from post-consumer, mixed plastics to ocean plastics.
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Lindner Recyclingtech Installs Shredders Onsite Remotely
After being installed remotely, the Micromat shredder has now been up and running for 200 operating hours without any issues.
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Leading the Charge: Brand Owners Moving to Boost Recycled Content in Packages, Products
Leading brand owners and a big-box retailer discuss their recycling goals, which will impact processors and the entire supply chain.
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Blazing the Trail In Processing PCR for Corrugated Pipe
Just a decade ago, roughly 10% of HDPE corrugated pipes made by Advanced Drainage Systems used recycled material. That number is 65% now, and growing. Here’s how this processor became a pioneer in this field.
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PLASTICS Names Winners of the 2020 Re|focus Leadership and People’s Choice Awards
PureCycle takes the Leadership in Innovation Award while Accredo Packaging wins the People's Choice Award.
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How Graham Packaging Counters PCR Supply/Demand Squeeze
Customers want more PCR—including food grade—than recyclers can supply. Solutions involve efforts to educate customers, employees, and the community at large. New technologies also offer hope.
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Re|focus Webinar Series Kicks Off May 28th with “Putting Marine Plastics to Work in the Supply Chain”
Join PLASTICS for the first webinar in the Re|focus series featuring a panel of industry experts addressing marine debris. With major efforts underway across the globe to remove plastic from the environment, what can be done with it aside from landfilling this material or incinerating it?
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Nova Chemicals and Enerkem to Jointly Research New Advanced Recycling Catalyst Technology
Working together, the companies will research advanced recycling technology to transform hard-to-recycle municipal waste, including items such as plastics, household waste, and construction materials, into ethylene at full commercial scale.
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