by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 14, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Business, Daily News, Environmental, North America, Recycling, Scrap Plastics
China released a proposal to expand its scrap import ban beyond plastics and the other materials that are currently restricted. A new plan would ban every form of “solid waste” from import. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment on July 11 posted a draft document...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 7, 2018 | Consumer, Daily News, Environmental, Global, Part Design, Recycling
As technology finds innovative ways to recycle, waste products are being used in an unlikely range of goods in high street stores. First it was “bags for life”, chunky doormats and, more recently, clothing such as fleeces, swimwear and pack-away macs. Now towels made...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 7, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Business, Daily News, Global, Recycling, Scrap Plastics
Plastics and paper industries use the most recycled materials. Waste, if not re-used, will be a threat to the environment. Recycling waste is an important part of production activities of many countries. To maintain the operation of the recycling industry, some...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jul 26, 2018 | Business, Daily News, North America, Profile, Recycling
One of the biggest challenges facing the health of our shared rivers, oceans and ecosystem today is the failure to manage plastic: that versatile and nearly indestructible material so often used for only moments but can persist for centuries. The planet is choking on...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jul 24, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Mergers & Acquisitions, North America, Recycling
A United States bankruptcy court judge has ruled in favor of a former landowner in a case that could place a hurdle in front of investors planning to fund a large plastics recycling facility in Millville, New Jersey. In a June 2018 ruling, a U.S. bankruptcy court...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jul 5, 2018 | Daily News, Environmental, North America, Polymer Science, Recycling, Scrap Plastics
Quebec startup Loop Industries has unveiled a more efficient technology for depolymerizing scrap PET. Loop uses a heatless, pressureless process to depolymerize PET, plastic with problematic inks, labels and other contaminants. The process generates monomers can be...
