South Australia’s sky-high electricity prices have forced an Adelaide plastics recycling business to shut its doors, costing 35 workers their jobs, its managing director says. Plastics Granulating Services (PGS), based in Kilburn in Adelaide’s inner-north, said it had seen its monthly power bills increase from $80,000 to $180,000 over the past 18 months. Managing directorRead More
Western Arkansas City Considers Recycling Contract
FORT SMITH, ARK. — A western Arkansas city may enter into a recycling agreement that would end more than two years of dumping recycling into a landfill. The Southwest Times Record (http://bit.ly/2rNR1Ul ) reports the Fort Smith Board of Directors will decide Tuesday whether to enter into the contract with Third Rock Recycling and PenRead More
Finally, we’ll be able to recycle coffee cups: Millions will be sent to specialist centres instead of landfill after launch of new service
Employers will be encouraged to install dedicated coffee cups bins About 7 million paper coffee cups are used in Britain every single day But most cannot be recycled because they have a plastic coating inside Instead they have to be sent to landfill sites or incinerators Millions of throw away coffee cups will be recycledRead More
Lenzing Papier to conduct reCUP paper cup recycling pilot
The Austrian manufacturer has tested Smart Planet Technologies’ reCUP paper cup materials consisting of Georgia-Pacific Masterserve cup stock with Earth Coating and will now move forward with a full scale reCUP recycling pilot within the UK. This follows on from the recent announcement that CupPrint has also licensed the reCUP paper cup technology.Lenzing Papier manufacturesRead More
Polystyrene Foam Recycling Would Be a Boon to New York City’s Small Businesses
SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): The New York City Council is set to hear testimony on a progressive bill that establishes a curbside program to recycle polystyrene foam across the city. The bill responds to the cries of small business owners who have asked government to help ease the growing financial burdens of doing business in theRead More
Toward a broader view of the New Plastics Economy
American Chemistry Council (Washington, DC) assesses the New Plastics Economy initiative and finds there’s an emphasis on recycling at the expense of packaging functionality and other aspects of sustainability. America’s plastics makers welcome efforts to promote innovation and advance the sustainability of plastics, such as the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s recent report, The New Plastics Economy—CatalysingRead More
Bill Aims to Overhaul Illinois’ Electronic Recycling Program
SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): Legislation proposed in the Illinois Senate would overhaul the state’s electronic waste recycling program, requiring electronics manufacturers to pay for permanent recycling drop-off sites set up by counties. Two amendments introduced Monday to Senate Bill 1417 would amend the state’s Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act, which established Illinois’ e-waste recycling programRead More
Multipack adhesive cleared for PET bottle recycling
As a form of packaging for PET bottles which does not require any visible secondary shrink film packaging, Nature MultiPack has attracted much attention: The PET bottles are held together by dots of adhesive specially developed and supplied by NMP Systems GmbH (Düsseldorf, Germany), a wholly owned subsidiary of KHS GmbH (Dortmund, Germany). Nature MultiPackRead More