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Robotic Sorters With AI Technology Deployed in Fresno Recycling Center
A grant from the Recycling Partnership enabled Implementation of RecycleOS Technology from Everest Labs.
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Eastman to Source Rejected Postconsumer PET From Dentis Group
Agreement will provide 30,000 tons of feedstock annually for Eastman's planned chemical recycling facility in France.
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Bollegraaf and Greyparrot Team Up in AI Vision Deal
Recycling facilities builder Bollegraaf invests in AI vision technology.
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Eastman Will Recycle Colored and Opaque PET Supplied by Rumpke
Agreement with MRF operator will send colored and opaque materials to Eastman for chemical recycling.
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Novoloop and Aether Break Ground on Pilot Plant for PE Upcycling
India facility will test Novoloop's Lifecycling chemical recycling technology.
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Arizona City Will Try Out 3D Printers That Recycle in Pilot Program
Surprise, Arizona, will be implementing Automedi printers for public use.
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Latest Postconsumer News And Updates
Sweden's Site Zero Sorts Plastic Packaging Waste Into 12 Fractions
Svensk Plastatervinning polymer sorting plant has a 3.1-mile sorting line that separates postconsumer waste, including polyeolefins, PET, PS, EPS, PVC and more for recycling.
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Republic Services Opens Polymer Center, First in a Planned Network
New facility will sort HDPE and PP containers into bales by color and type, and shred and hot-wash PET.
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UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee Holds Third Round of Plastics Treaty Negotiations
Over 1,900 delegates met in Nairobi to discuss treaty provisions aimed at the reduction of plastic pollution.
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Bucks Beverage Cups Become Bottles for Bubbly Bathroom Cleaner
Milwaukee Bucks and SC Johnson gave a second life to concession stand waste.
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Flake Sorter for Simultaneous Separation By Color, Polymer, Transparency
Tomra has introduced a new model of the Innosort Flake for sorting flakes of mixed waste plastic for recycling.
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Revalyu Breaks Ground on PET Recycling Facility in Georgia
Company expects new facility will be capable of chemically recycling 200 million pounds of post consumer PET per year.
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Featured Posts
Foam-Core Multilayer Blow Molding: How It’s Done
Learn here how to take advantage of new lightweighting and recycle utilization opportunities in consumer packaging, thanks to a collaboration of leaders in microcellular foaming and multilayer head design.
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Evolving Opportunities for Ambitious Plastics Recycler
St. Joseph Plastics grew from a simple grinding operation and now pursues growing markets in recycled PP, food-grade recycled materials, and customized post-industrial and post-consumer compounds.
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Reversing Logistics for Plastic Film Recycling
Learn how Mainetti built a circular supply chain for clear film packaging.
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Looking to Run PCR on a Single Screw? Here’s What to Keep in Mind
Just drop it in and mix it up? Sorry, there’s a lot more to it than that. Here is some of what you need to consider.
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Recycling Terminology Can Be a Minefield, So We Should Tread Lightly
Loose propagation of terms like “recyclable” and “compostable” has already brought down government regulations on labeling. The plastics and packaging industries should take that to heart with other recycle-related language. Like “monomaterial” for example.
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Plastic Bank Marks 10 Years and 88,000 Tons of Plastic Waste Reclaimed
Company sets up local exchange centers to divert plastic waste otherwise likely to end up in the ocean.
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