Plastics Recycling

“Plastics Recycling Terms & Tools” help communities recycle

Published in September 2014

A broad group of stakeholders in plastics recycling launched a set of new resources to help communities recycle more plastics. “Plastics Recycling Terms &...

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Plastics Recycling

Vermont college bans bottled water

Published in August 2014

Green Mountain College has banned the sale of bottled water on its Poultney campus. Like many campus sustainability initiatives, the ban comes largely as...

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Plastics Recycling

Plastic Recycling opens new Indiana EPS recycling facility

Published in August 2014

Plastic Recycling, Inc. (PRI) opened a new recycling facility in Indianapolis, Indiana dedicated specifically to the recycling of post-consumer foam cups, foam take-out containers...

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Plastics Recycling

GlyEco boosts glycol recycling

Published in July 2014

GlyEco, Inc. has increased its waste glycol recycling capacity 400 percent at its Minnesota processing center. During the first quarter, GlyEco relocated its Minnesota...

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Plastics Recycling

Recycling program begins

Published in July 2014

The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Flexible Film Recycling Group (FFRG) is partnering with Dunn County Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Indianhead Enterprises,...

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Plastics Recycling

Vega earns certification for bottles

Published in July 2014

Plant-based nutrition company, Vega, has received 100 percent post-consumer recycled content certification from leading third-party certification firm, SCS Global Services, for its recycled post-consumer...

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Plastics Recycling

Plant will recycle 100 million pounds of bottles annually

Published in July 2014

CarbonLITE Recycling LLC has signed contracts for the supply of primary process equipment to be installed in its new plastic recycling facility in Abilene,...

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Plastics Recycling

Consolidated Container buys two plastic recycling firms

Published in July 2014

Consolidated Container Co. (CCC) has acquired sister companies Envision Plastics Industries LLC and Ecoplast Corp. Atlanta-based CCC, a rigid plastic packaging company already with...

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Plastics machinery shipments stay strong in Q4

Published in May 2014

Business levels for manufacturers and suppliers of primary plastics machinery (injection molding, extrusion, blow molding and thermoforming equipment) posted another strong quarterly performance in...

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Plastics Recycling

Kureha America’s Fred Daniell chairs new SPI board of directors; new officers elected

Published in May 2014

In serving the third largest U.S. manufacturing sector, SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association works to protect and promote nearly 900,000 plastics jobs spanning...

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