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WEBThe recycling industry is responsible for collecting processing and marketing billions of dollars worth of metals, paper, plastics and other recovered materials. Through Recycling Today and Recycling Today Global Edition , market directories, and industry conferences, GIE serves the scrap and recycling industry in North America and globally.
Domtar completes Kingsport conversion, resumes operations
WEBJanuary 18, 2023. Domtar has resumed operations at its mill in Kingsport, Tennessee, after completing the two-year conversion of the facility from an uncoated freesheet paper mill into the company’s first 100-percent-recycled packaging plant. The project totaled $350 million and, upon its completion, makes the site home to the second-largest ...
Lowe’s Installs Collection Centers at Stores - Recycling Today
WEBOct 1, 2010 · Lowe's has announced that it has installed recyclables collection centers at close to 1,700 of its stores in the continental United States. Lowe’s says that the recycling centers will offer a convenient and free way for customers to recycle rechargeable batteries, cell phones, compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) and plastic shopping bags.
Improving HDPE recycling - Recycling Today
WEBOct 27, 2020 · High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is one of the most commonly used and recycled plastics today. However, within the recycled HDPE stream, polypropylene (PP) contamination is a significant problem. The specific challenge that PP presents for HDPE recycling is that globally, the primary method to separate plastics …
The potential of polypropylene - Recycling Today
WEBJul 17, 2019 · Key takeaways. Reprocessors predict that the market potential for recycled polypropylene (PP) is huge. PP collection across the U.S. is small scale compared with collection of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Demand for postconsumer recycled PP is increasing, and …
Honeywell, Avangard Innovative form joint venture to chemically …
WEBJanuary 27, 2022. Honeywell, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, has announced the formation of a second joint venture to deploy its UpCycle Process Technology to chemically recycle end-of-life plastics into polymer feedstock that can be used to produce new plastic. The company is partnering with Houston-based Avangard Innovative to ...
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WEB6 days ago · The recycling industry is responsible for collecting processing and marketing billions of dollars worth of metals, paper, plastics and other recovered materials. Through Recycling Today and Recycling Today Global Edition , market directories, and industry conferences, GIE serves the scrap and recycling industry in North America and globally.
How2Recycle upgrades polypropylene to 'widely recyclable'
WEBAug 3, 2022 · How2Recycle, the North American packaging recyclability labeling system, has announced it is upgrading the eligibility of rigid polypropylene (PP) tubs, bottles, jugs and jars from "check locally" to "widely recyclable" in the United States. The group says it was provided data from The Recycling Partnership 's Polypropylene Recycling Coalition ...
Perfecting recycled plastic - Recycling Today
WEBJan 24, 2020 · Since Evergreen was established, it has tripled in size. Johnson says the company started with 35 employees and a 75,000-square-foot facility in 1998. Today, it has about 200 employees and a 240,000-square-foot facility. Evergreen installed its first PET strapping line in 1999 and expanded its PET strapping capacity in 2005.
Tight supply, rising prices - Recycling Today
WEBJun 2, 2021 · One PET reprocessor based in the Northeast says bale supply is “very tight,” and pricing is increasing as a result. High-grade PET bales have reached 30 cents per pound in California, while pricing is in the 20 cents per pound range in the Midwest and Southeast as of the third week of May, the reprocessor says.