Notwithstanding ban, use of recycle plastics widespread
Despite prohibition under Plastic Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011, use of recycle plastics in wrapping eatables or in making carry-bags continue to thrive in Manipur with no sign of any stringent implementation of the Rules. Use of recycle plastics has been prohibited as they poses health hazard. But one cannot fail to see them being More...
Recycled plastics enter rooftop solar energy market
The green community likes nothing better than integrating recycled materials into renewable energy and sustainability projects. It’s a double-down sustainable solution that appeals to solar developers, public More...
BIR Autumn Roundtables: Plastics Committee Focuses on WEEE
The spotlight was turned on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) during the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) Plastics Round-Table in Munich in late October as two guest speakers approached the More...
Recycled plastic boardwalks underpin sure-footed education project
A SURE-FOOTED solution to accessing environmental education in Yorkshire has been made possible with boardwalks ‘more sustainable than wood’ – made entirely from recycled plastic carrier bags and More...
Plastics recyclers find way to recycle even the most contaminated plastics
Plastics recyclers face a multitude of tough challenges. Getting access to a sufficient supply of potential recyclable plastic is one of the biggest, and even when they find material it often is so contaminated More...
Denver adds to types of plastic accepted for recycling Read more: Denver adds to types of plastic accepted for recycling
A wide range of consumer plastics — including “clam-shells” and cat-litter jugs — will be accepted for recycling in Denver. “The market for recycled (plastic) raw materials is really opening More...
Compostable shell plus plastic pouch combine as recyclable, low-weight bottle
Rigid plastics, glass and metal packaging processor Berlin Packaging has teamed with Ecologic Brands Inc. to begin commercial marketing of the latter company’s “eco.bottles”, so called because More...
The Value of Plastics
Panelists at the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) 2011 Commodities Roundtable Forum addressed the value of plastics and the state of plastics recycling in a session held Sept. 20. “Plastic More...
2010 PET container recycling rate reaches 29%
The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR), and the PET Resin Association (PETRA) have released the “2010 Report on Post Consumer PET More...
More changes brewing at Coke NURRC PET recycling plant?
Steve Carreras — chief buyer of recycled plastics for the Coca-Cola NURRC recycling plant in Spartanburg, S.C., the past three years — is now running the troubled plant, according to sources that asked More...