A collection of companies recently partnered with a California city on a three-month pilot project last year that sought to determine the feasibility of effectively collecting more difficult to recycle plastic products. The program, called the Energy Bag Pilot Program, brought together Dow Chemical, the Flexible Packaging Association, Republic Services, Agilyx, Reynolds Consumer Products and … Read more…
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries announced today that nine new plastics specifications have been published in the Scrap Specifications Circular, after approval by the ISRI plastics division and board of directors. The updated circular was released in conjunction with the Plastics Recycling Conference, a gathering of more than 1,700 representative from the plastics recycling … Read more…
THE City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) said Monday that it is planning to partner with Holcim Philippines Inc. in plastic management project, a move that will reduce the garbage disposal by 10 to 20 percent. In an interview, Cenro officer-in-charge (OIC) Eliza Madrazo said if the project pushes through, this will free up … Read more…
A glimpse into how several companies handle their post-industrial plastic waste is producing some rather dramatic recycling numbers. A new report by the Society for the Plastics Industry Inc. shows that nearly 90 percent of all plastic manufacturing scrap is recycled or recovered for energy at companies who took part in SPI’s membership survey on … Read more…
Produced by everything from cattle and swamps to humans, methane is the second biggest contributor to the world’s greenhouse gas emissions after carbon dioxide. The United States Environmental Protection Agency describes the comparative effect of methane on climate change as being “pound for pound… over 20 times greater than CO2 over a 100 year period.” … Read more…
The use of plastics in automobiles has continued to grow over the past 20 years. The primary reason for this is that they help to reduce vehicle mass. A lighter car consumes less fuel, which also translates into less exhaust emissions. In addition, plastic parts are not prone to corrosion, offer flexibility and resilience for … Read more…
India will soon be able to convert its plastic wastes into high-grade petrol and diesel, thanks to a breakthrough by researchers at Dehradun-based Indian Institute of Petroleum. The IIP, a constituent lab of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, has for the first time in the country developed a technology to convert plastic waste … Read more…
Every day, Americans generate more than 4 lb of waste per person, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Despite the proliferation of recycling programs during the past three decades, more than half of all U.S. trash (135 million tons) still ends up in landfills. Recently, several industry professionals collaborated to explore an alternative use for … 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 … Read more…
If there is one type of municipal solid waste that has become ubiquitous in India and most developing countries, and largely seen along the shores and waterways of many developed countries, it is plastic waste. Much of it is not recycled, and ends up in landfills or as litter on land, in waterways and the … Read more…