First, the mixed recyclables are shredded and crushed into smaller fragments, enabling more effective separation. The mixed fragments pass over rotating screens that remove cardboard and paper, ...

TORONTO (Oct. 10, 9:30 a.m. ET) — For the second straight year, post-consumer high density polyethylene recycling has remained stagnant. The North American recycling rate for HDPE remained at 29 ...

Inhance Technologies, a Houston-based international supplier of sustainable polymer materials science solutions, developed Enkase, a barrier system that makes it possible to recycle more high ...

Acquisition of two Spanish recycling companies will allow Alpla to increase volume of postconsumer recycled material in packaging.

During 2012, the collection of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) bottles increased by 45.3 million pounds to top 1 billion pounds for the first time. The increase pushed the HDPE bottle recycling rate ...

Recovering energy from plastics also prevents the loss of valuable natural resources. Since most plastics are made from oil ...

Last year set a high benchmark for recyclers of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) milk and beverage bottles to build on, says The Polyolefin Responsibility Organisation (Polyco). More than 75% of HDPE ...

The Polyolefin Responsibility Organisation (Polyco) is investing in infrastructure and end-use development that is essential to growing the collection, recycling and beneficiation of polyolefin ...

Common HDPE milk and beverage bottles are designed for recycling. They are heavy, have a HDPE cap and are free of by-products, such as ink, that pollute the recycling value chain.

Last year set a high benchmark for recyclers of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) milk and beverage bottles to build on, says The Polyolefin Responsibility Organisation (Polyco). More than 75% of ...