by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 12, 2018 | Business, Daily News, North America, Polymer Science, Recycling
Oregon — Agilyx is already processing scrap PS into a feedstock for prime plastics production. Now, the Oregon company says it can do the same thing for recovered PE and PP. Agilyx announced last week it is capable of processing the polyolefin recyclables into a...
by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 12, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Business, Daily News, Environmental, North America, Recycling, Scrap Plastics
Thailand — A Thai policy restricting the import of scrap plastics has proved effective. U.S. scrap plastic exports to the country dropped by 94 percent after the ban took hold. U.S. exporters sent 1.5 million pounds of recovered plastic to Thailand in July, the most...
by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 11, 2018 | Daily News, Environmental, Europe, Polymer Science, Recycling
UK — UK scientists have discovered a simple sunlight-driven process to transform plastic waste into hydrogen and other useful chemicals. ‘We want to use non-recyclable waste and make something useful out of it. Plastic waste contains a lot of energy and when you throw...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 28, 2018 | Daily News, Environmental, Europe, Recycling
A Spanish company is looking to use chicken feathers as a form of plastic to give a traditional waste by-product a new life. It is estimated that the European poultry industry generated about 3.1m tonnes of discarded feathers in 2014. But now Sarah Montes, research...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 24, 2018 | Consumer, Daily News, Environmental, Global, Recycling
Two articles; pro & con… Save the planet: Choose plastic shopping bags There’s a worldwide movement to get rid of plastic shopping bags and replace them with paper or reusable cotton tote bags. The claimed reason is to combat litter and to save the planet,...
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...
