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Recycled Plastics Materials
Recycled plastics materials are formulated with reclaimed resins, production scrap or post-consumer reclaimed plastics for sustainability.
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How to Optimize Color Evaluation of Recycled Plastics
The right color measurement instrument and good working methods will minimize variability in color evaluation of PCR.
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Rethinking Regrind
Regrind and recycled material are often requisite in projects these days, but for many molders, the “R” word triggers painful memories.
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Specifying PCR? Find Answers to These Eight Questions
Understanding how to work with the PCR available today is critical as packaging and other products are being redesigned for circularity.
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Recycling: Expanding 'Circularity' through Advanced Recycling Technologies
Recycling and achieving circularity for materials is at the core of the plastics industry’s evolving sustainable business model. Advanced technologies will play a big role.
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RECYCLING: The Importance of Quality-Assurance Testing for Recycled Materials
Consider investing in these tools to ensure your material makes the grade.
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Global Report Outlines How to Rid Oceans of Plastic Waste
A path that could reduce ocean plastic waste by nearly half by 2025 and reverse it in another decade outlined by new study.
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Latest Recycled Materials News And Updates
INEOS Launches Recycled Content Grade for Cosmetics Packaging
Hybrid polymer with 70% recycled material combines mechanically recycled plastic and advanced “booster” polymers to offer sustainability and performance.
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Evonik Advances Circularity With Transparent Recycled Nylon
Trogamid R is made from reprocessed eyewear scrap by recycler and compounder Poliplastic, which then uses it to make designer sunglasses.
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Freepoint Eco-Systems To Host PVC Recycling Pilot
Plastic Back will recycle postconsumer PVC using a chemical recycling process.
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Nefab Creates Thermoforming and Recycling Hub at PolyFlex McMinnville Facility
Expansion to enhance extrusion and thermoforming capabilities for polyethylene.
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PT Tech Days Continue With the Changing World of Plastics Recycling
Day 4 presentations will include Tomra, AMP and Canon Virginia, focusing on feedstock management for recycling success.
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Bio-Fed Launches Recyclate Range of Compounds
Bio-Fed develops customized recycled compounds tailored to meet customer requirements.
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Featured Posts
Formulating for Sustainability
Overcoming the color management challenges of recycled plastics.
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Achieving Sustainability and Consistency in Packaging with Circular Plastics
How advanced testing enables reuse and requalification of materials.
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Are You Scrapping Your Engineered Resins? Slow-Speed Grinding Is the Answer
Specially designed grinders can produce virgin-like regrind of high-cost engineered materials in quiet beside-the-press setups.
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What Really Happens to Recyclable Packaging
Waste analytics technology is taking the wishing out of recycling.
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ICYMI: September Roundup
The FYI on MDO, turbulence as a good thing and gearing up for a new future at Winzeler Gear all feature in the top articles from September that you might have missed.
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ICYMI: August Roundup
A birthday, disc golf and a stolen tree all feature in the top articles from August that you might have missed.
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FAQ: Recycled Materials
In general, the properties of high-quality PCR resins correlate well with similar virgin grades and can have minimal impact on finished article performance, especially with the right approach to product design.
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