by Plastics.com Staff | Jun 11, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Business, Daily News, Environmental, Recycling, Scrap Plastics
Major Vietnam shipping terminals will temporarily stop accepting imports of scrap plastic, citing an overload of the material that has caused backups and delays. The move is a significant development for the global recycled plastics industry, because Vietnam has...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jun 8, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Daily News, Environmental, Recycling
THE island of Siargao in the Philippines, the country’s major surfing destination, has joined the rest of the world in adopting a movement to solve the pollution caused by plastic bottles through the so-called eco-bricks (ecobricks.org). Eco-bricks are made of used...
by Plastics.com Staff | May 29, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Daily News, Environmental, North America, Recycling
“ … even paranoiacs do not project arbitrarily, but rather by exaggerating minute objective signs.” — Sigmund Freud Since I can’t turn on today’s news without hearing about “collusion,” I’ve decided to be on the lookout for it. And while doing some research on China’s...
by Plastics.com Staff | May 28, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Business, Daily News, Europe, North America, Packaging
Ireland – IPL Plastics is eyeing a number of acquisition opportunities in continental Europe and is likely to move on them after its long-awaited IPO, which is now set to happen late next month. Speaking after IPL’s agm in Dublin, chief executive Alan Walsh said...
by Plastics.com Staff | May 25, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Business, Daily News, Injection Molding, North America
Brunswick, OH-based rubber and plastic parts manufacturer Philpott Solutions Group plans to shutter its operations in China and re-shore production to a new site in the U.S., Crain’s Cleveland Business reported Monday. “We’re getting out of China,” the firm’s...
by Plastics.com Staff | May 24, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Daily News, Environmental, Recycling
In an innovative project, fishermen in Kerala collect ocean plastic for recycling, cleaning the ocean in the process. Kollam, IndiaKadalamma—Mother Sea—that’s what Xavier Peter calls the Arabian Sea. His own mother gave him life, but Kadalamma gave him purpose, a...
