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WRAP launches new Recycle Now plastic recycling campaign
WRAP’s Recycle Now campaign is helping partners tackle the uncertainty that consumers feel when recycling plastic packaging with the launch of a recycling campaign called Recycle Plastic – Fantastic! The plastic recycling campaign which runs until the end of November 2015 aims to support a range of partners such as local authorities, brands and retailers to expand ...
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APR Announces First Annual Plastics Recycling Showcase
A recently announced program recognizing innovations in product design and technology promoting plastics recycling is accepting nominations through October 31st. The APR Plastics Recycling Showcase, developed by the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR), will focus on recently commercialized innovations developed by APR members that have a positive impact on the ability of a package ...
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Updated APR Design® Guide for Plastics Recyclability Unveiled
Increasing supply and enhancing the quality of the plastics recycling stream are two primary goals of an updated resource guide unveiled this week by the leading technical authority on plastics recycling. The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), the international trade organization representing the plastics recycling industry, presented the new and improved APR Design® Guide for Plastics ...
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Recoup launches guide to achieving top recycled plastics prices
A guide to help plastics recyclers achieve top materials prices, while maximising transport efficiency has been launched by plastics recycling advisors Recoup. The publication Domestic Mixed Plastics Packaging – Recycling Guide focuses on the “big opportunities” and issues that have come with the growth in local authority collections. It sets out specifications to identify which plastics can ...
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US Recycled Plastics Industry
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: US Recycled Plastics Industry http://www.reportlinker.com/p01050292/US-Recycled-Plastics-Industry.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Plastic US demand to rise 5.9% annually through 2016 US demand for post-consumer recycled plastics is forecast to rise 5.9 percent per year to ...
By ReportLinker
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In with recycled plastic bricks, out with cement
Recycling has been around for ages, but it wasn't until the 1970s that drop-off recycling centres emerged, and the late 1980s that doorstep collection began. While the existing recycling process is crucial to dealing with the growing amount of waste we produce, researchers are looking for alternative solutions. A group from Spain, Latvia and Lithuania says it is now ready to launch a green ...
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APR Announces Second Annual Plastics Recycling Showcase
The APR Plastics Recycling Showcase, a program to highlight and promote industry leading innovations that have a positive impact on plastics collection and recycling, is now accepting nominations. Developed by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), the second annual program will focus on recently commercialized innovations developed by APR member companies. An additional category focused ...
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Under the spotlight… EU plastics “tax”
The next long-term budget 2021-2027 outlines a plastics “tax”, applicable from January 1, 2021, which is wildly debated in the media and industry. Within the framework of the EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) adopted on 10 November 2020, a plastics tax was agreed upon: from 1 January 2021, contributions from EU Member States will also be calculated on the basis of the amount of ...
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Axion urges designers to ‘challenge the norms’ in drive to increase recycled polymer use
Product designers should ‘challenge the norms’ with clients and think along more ‘circular’ lines to encourage greater uptake of recycled polymers in new goods, urges a leading plastics reprocessor. Recognising strong market drivers, such as resource scarcity, oil price volatility and growing consumer demand for sustainable products, while working within the pre-set ...
By Axion Group
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Dow Introduces New PCR Resin for Collation Shrink Films at K 2019
Dow has announced the development of a new resin made with 70 percent recycled plastic. This innovative new solution, called AGILITY CE, is the first post-consumer recycled (PCR) product offering of Dow's plastics circularity portfolio to incorporate a high percentage of post-consumer plastic waste. LDPE Without Sacrificing Material Quality and Functionality This new resin consists of a ...
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Plastic bottle collection hits 39 per cent
Almost 40 per cent of plastic bottles were collected for recycling in the UK in 2008, increasing tonnages by 19 per cent on the previous year. In its annual survey, plastic recycling charity Recoup found that 216,067 tonnes of plastics packaging were collected for recycling out of an estimated 557,000 tonnes entering the household waste stream, equalling a 39 per cent recycling rate. Plastic ...
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Biffa acquires Esterpet to strengthen plastic recycling division
Biffa has today (26 April) announced the acquisition of North Yorkshire-based PET plastic recycling company Esterpet for an undisclosed sum. Esterpet owns a 25,000 tonnes per year capacity PET plant near Leeds, turning PET bottles into “high-purity plastic pellets”. Biffa’s statement explained that that the pellets produced by Esterpet “are made into new plastic bottles ...
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Plastic identification codes for recycling
All over the world, many types of plastic is commonly used. Plastic has been given a numbering category or identification code for the different types so it can be sorted accordingly. Each type of plastic melts at a different temperature and displays different properties. The identification system divides plastic into seven distinct types and uses a number code generally found on the bottom of ...
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Plastics Releases Report On Recycled Materials Used In New Applications
The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) today released the Phase II Technology Package report from its New End Market Opportunities (NEMO) Film Recycling Demonstration Project. Phase II demonstrated that recycled materials can be functionally used in structural applications, and proved to be a good, low-cost feedstock for advanced recycling technologies, like chemical recycling. When ...
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WRAP funds mixed plastics facility
Construction of a new 20,000 tonnes per year capacity mixed plastics facility is to be funded by the Waste & Resources Action Programme. Redcar-based waste firm Greenstar WES received the grant to reprocess non-bottle household plastic packaging waste in January this year, after successfully entering a £2M capital grant competition launched by WRAP in June 2009. (see MRW story) Now, 20,000 ...
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Access to Plastics Recycling More Widespread Than Previously Believed
A study released today by Moore Recycling Associates Inc. found that a much larger portion of the U.S. population has ready access to recycle commonly used plastics than previously believed. Specifically the study, "Plastics Recycling Collection: National Reach Study," found that 94 percent of Americans have access to recycle plastic bottles and 40 percent of the population also can recycle other ...
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Sustainable packaging coalition report facilitates the use of recycled content in packaging
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) has released a report on the opportunities and challenges for using recycled content in plastic packaging applications. Guidelines for Increasing Post Consumer Recycled Content in Plastic Packaging addresses common issues and strategies for increasing recycled content in common beverage, dairy, electronic, household care and laundry, pharmaceutical, ...
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Expert input to BIR Plastics Committee meeting
United States: A wealth of international experience and expertise will be available to the BIR world recycling organisation's Plastics Committee meeting taking place in the US city of Miami on June 4.The debate will cover challenges and opportunities in plastics recycling worldwide, with a specific focus on the US market. In addition, an assessment of current and future market trends will include ...
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Dow makes energy from recycled plastic
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced today that it has successfully demonstrated the use of recycled plastic to generate energy. The successful pilot test measured how plastic that has been reused and recycled to the full extent possible can be used as fuel for an ultimate end-of-life option instead of going to a landfill for disposal. The pilot test found that 96 percent of available ...
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Axion Polymers supports auto industry’s recycled plastics vision
Axion Polymers has supplied its 100% recycled polymer from end-of-life vehicles to help a leading automotive manufacturer demonstrate the use of sustainable components in new cars. The Manchester-based recycler’s Axpoly PP polymer was blended 50/50 with a polypropylene recycled from packaging waste to achieve a specification required by vehicle designers for reuse in new vehicle components. ...
By Axion Group
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