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Recycling has become an extremely important part of plastics processing. Recycled material is in big demand, whether it’s RPET for packaging or polyethylene for decking, fencing and railing, or used as the interior section in capstock products. IntegriCo Composites (Temple, TX), founded in 2005, recycles landfill-bound plastic—primarily polyethylene—into railroad crossties. Last year, the company announced … Read more…

Paul Benvenuti walks the NPE 2015 show floor in Orlando with purpose. Keep up or be left behind, because this man has a job to do this week, and he’s not slowing down. Benvenuti typically works in purchasing and sales at Commercial Plastic Recycling Inc. in Tampa, but this week he’s the tip of the … Read more…

Car production is big business. In 2013, over 87 million cars were produced worldwide, and the US is the third largest, producing over 11 million and 12% of the global production. Each new model of car has to be safer, faster, more economical, reliable and cheaper to maintain than the previous model. FREE Research: Quantifying … Read more…

A three-month pilot project in California targeted plastics that are hard to recycle. Last summer, the city of Citrus Heights California took part in a recycling program called the Energy Bag Pilot Program, a project designed to redirect plastic products, such as candy wrappers, juice pouches, and plastic dinnerware that would otherwise end up in … Read more…

Wider deployment of pyrolysis, where non-recycled plastics are heated in the absence of oxygen to convert them into valuable fuels and feedstocks, would not only reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills but also generate billions of dollars, according to a new analysis by the American Chemistry Council (ACC). The trade group concluded that … Read more…

In a meeting earlier this week, the minister aired concerns about the pressures on the sector and noted the recent challenges for plastics recycling in light of oil prices which are continuing to fall. The meeting comes ahead of a Waste and Resource Management Forum to be chaired by Marcus Gover of the Waste & … Read more…

You’ve probably noticed now that snow is gone that what’s left behind is trash along Iowa roadways. Much of it is plastic bags. California and Hawaii have banned plastic bags. Should Iowa follow? It’s not the growing season yet, but a farm field along University Avenue in Waukee has a bumper crop of the bags. … Read more…

Vadxx Energy LLC took a big step toward commercializing their first plastics-to-fuel plant on Feb. 9 when the firm installed a massive kiln at its site in Akron, Ohio. The kiln is 80 feet long and weighs 175,000 pounds. It will be used to melt down scrap plastic that then will be converted via pyrolysis … Read more…

umping of plastic waste in front of the ancient rock-cut temples at Tirumayam fort has been an eye-sore to the residents, tourists and pilgrims. A number of foreigners visit the fort to get a glimpse of the marvellous sculptures at the temples dedicated to Sri Tirumeyyar and Sri Sathyagiriswarar. A number of houses had been … Read more…

Multiple levels of the plastics industry will need to work together to find innovative solutions to the issue of plastic waste, according to a panel of industry experts at the 2015 Plastics News Executive Forum. “Less than half of packaging is diverted from landfills,” market veteran Alan Blake said at the event, Feb. 4-6 in … Read more…