Recycling
Reclaiming scrap from production and from consumers to make new plastic parts.
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ESSENTIAL READING
VIEW ALLLooking 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.
Read MoreAvoid Four Common Traps In Granulation
Today, more than ever, granulation is an important step in the total production process. Our expert explains a few of the many common traps to avoid when thinking about granulators
Read MoreGeneral-Purpose Screws on the Comeback?
They are being specified more often for recycling applications to increase flexibility. But there is still no such thing as a GP screw and recyclers need to consider other processing approaches.
Read MoreRecycling: 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.
Read MoreHow to Ensure Reliable Feeder Performance When Handling PCR
Processors are being challenged to incorporate more recycled material into their products. Yet there are both economical and technical obstacles to achieving this objective—feeding among them. The design of your feeding equipment and the advantages that it will offer to your process will be more important than ever.
Read MoreExtrusion: Evaluating Screw Design for Multi-Material Recycling
Since many plastic products are made of a combination of materials with very different melting points, careful consideration must be given to designing screws when it comes time to recycle these products.
Read MoreLatest Recycling News And Updates
Industrial Research Project to Advance Mechanical Recycling of Flexible Polyethylene
The RWTH Aachen University’s Plastics Institute will coordinate an industrial project titled Loopcycling.
Read MorePOGS Chooses Novodur ECO ABS for Childrens Headphones
Manufacturer of audio equipment for children will use INEOS Styrolution ABS with 50% recycled content.
Read MoreLindner Recyclingtech Founds Subsidiary in India
Lindner Recyclingtech Bharat will seek to meet growing need for waste solutions in India.
Read MoreTrinseo Starts Up PMMA Depolymerization Facility
The Italian facility’s chemical recycling process returns acrylics, including PMMA sheets, to monomer methyl methacrylate (MMA)
Read MoreKirk Winstead Appointed President of TRIA America
Winstead brings over 38 years of experience in auxiliary plastics equipment.
Read MoreNova Chemicals Attains FDA Letter for Mechanically Recycled LLDPE
RLLDPE product will be marketed for applications including food packaging.
Read MoreFeatured Posts
Sirmax Adapts Integrated Recycling Approach to US Supply Conditions
Integrating compounding and recycling to leverage untapped postindustrial recycling feedstocks.
Read MoreBuilding a Future With Sustainable Compounds
With roots in recycling, Star Plastics produces engineering thermoplastic compounds to meet performance and environmental goals.
WatchOptical Sorting for Color Flexibility in Recycled Plastics
Aaron Industries added optical sorting to its operation, expanding capabilities to meet the color needs of customers.
Read MoreExtrusion Technology Extended to Injection, Enabling Up to 100% Regrind Usage
Twin-barrel (shot-pot) press can handle more regrind, offers other benefits to molders.
Read MoreNPE2024 Wrap-Up: Sustainability Dominates Show Floor News
Across all process types, sustainability was a big theme at NPE2024. But there was plenty to see in automation and artificial intelligence as well.
Read MoreBreaking News From NPE2024
Here is a firsthand report of news in injection molding, extrusion, blow molding and recycling not previously covered.
Read MoreFAQ: Recycling
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) defines advanced recycling as, “several different processes that use existing and emerging technologies that return post-use plastics to their basic chemical building blocks for creating a versatile mix of new plastics, chemicals, fuels, and other products.” The phrase “advanced recycling” accomplishes two things, it denotes that these are technologies that go deeper into the polymer than the mechanical recycling process. It also reinforces the concept that these processes, while unfamiliar to the usual recycle value chain, are indeed a form of recycling.
What type of testing equipment should recyclers have in their lab?
If they have not already, recyclers should consider investing in the following:
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Melt Indexers
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Moisture analyzer
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Near-infrared Spectroscopy
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X-ray fluorescence
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Oven
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Automatic tensile tester
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Blender