Plastic & Rubber News

May 08, 2012
PhoenixPET to ‘dispel market myths’
To promote the use of recycled PET resin in food packaging, South African recycler and Petco member Extrupet will be introducing a PhoenixPET brand later this year.
more
advertisement

More Plastic & Rubber News

May 01, 2012
PepsiCo ‘Dream Machines’ net millions of bottles
Ever since the start-up of the PepsiCo Inc. recycling initiative two years ago, its so-called ‘Dream Machines’ placed all across America have been responsible for the collection of 94 million plastic and aluminium beverage bottles.
more
Apr 25, 2012
Transforming diapers into picnic tables
Terracycle, a specialist in hard-to-recycle wastes, is planning to convert over 3.7 million tonnes per year of waste diapers (or nappies) into, for example, outdoor furniture by installing collection containers at day care centres and other ‘hot spots’.
more
Apr 23, 2012
Eco-design initiative for HDPE bottles
EuPR, the Brussels-based organisation whose members process more than 3 million tonnes of collected plastics per year, has developed new eco-design guidelines for HDPE bottles with the aim of obtaining good-quality recyclate that can be used again in new products such as milk bottles.
more
Apr 20, 2012
Call for greater plastics co-ordination in Scotland
A recent report from Zero Waste Scotland, which provides an in-depth analysis of the Scottish plastics recycling industry, says a co-ordinated collection, management and reprocessing effort is essential if recycling rates are to improve.
more
Apr 16, 2012
Rehrig steps forward by expanding reverse operations
US reusable packaging and recycling player Rehrig Pacific Logistics has brought on stream a new reverse logistics plant, specialising in plastics reprocessing.
more
Apr 12, 2012
EPS recycling on the increase in Canada
Since 2009, Canada’s recycling rates for expanded polystyrene (EPS) have jumped more than 50%, states the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) in a recent study. The main reasons for this are the wide availability of recycling services and advanced technology, it indicates.
more
Apr 10, 2012
Multi-million tyre recycling plant for Estato
German recycler Estato Umweltservice GmbH will launch a new plant to process scrap tyres. The facility is to be built on the company’s existing site at Weiden at a cost of some Euro 3.5 million (US$ 4.6 million).
more
advertisement
 

mobile site
© 2012 Recycling International | All rights reserved