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Recycled plastic pellets are facing greater scrutiny upon import into China, international recycling stakeholders recently reported. The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) on Sept. 11 wrote that Chinese customs authorities “have been tightening the enforcement of the existing regulations regarding …
Research focused on improving scrap plastics sortation received funding from the REMADE Institute. Meanwhile, the organization will provide up to $35 million for its next round of grants, with priority placed on plastics. Based at the Rochester Institute of Technology …
A report from activist organization GAIA claims processing strategies that have been heavily promoted by the polymer industry amount to a “greenwashing tactic” undermining efforts to ban single-use plastics. Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), a group that opposes waste-to-energy …
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Tamsin Ettefagh, who has helped lead a couple of the largest plastics recycling companies in North America, has embarked on a new consulting venture. Called Tamsinette LLC, the consulting firm will concentrate on finding solutions to boost the recycling of …Continue Reading→
Source: Industry veteran shares insights on markets and her new venture – Plastics Recycling Update
Research shows post-consumer PE film could improve the stiffness and resistance of polymer-modified asphalt at less cost than the co-polymers that are typically used. The Plastics Industry Association conducted its New End Market Opportunities (NEMO) for Film Asphalt Project with …Continue Reading→
Source: Study finds benefits to using recycled film in asphalt – Plastics Recycling Update
A company planning multiple U.S. processing plants taking in hard-to-recycle plastics has begun operating its first location in Southern California. PreZero, which last fall announced plans to build U.S. plastics recycling plants handling mixed rigids and film, is now in …Continue Reading→
Source: PreZero starts up California film recycling operation – Plastics Recycling Update
A major North American e-scrap company has invested approximately $1.5 million into a plastics cleanup line, partly to get ahead of tighter international rules on plastics exports. Ontario-based eCycle Solutions installed and expects to begin full-scale use of the float-sink …Continue Reading→
Source: Processor installs e-plastics sorting line – Plastics Recycling Update
Brand owners and corporate foundations have pledged another $54 million to the Closed Loop Infrastructure Fund, money that will go toward supporting recycling in the U.S. Closed Loop Partners on June 30 announced that the following nine original investors in …Continue Reading→
Source: Brands renew Closed Loop funding for five years – Plastics Recycling Update