Environment Recycling News Compostable shell plus plastic pouch combine as recyclable, low-weight bottle October 25, 2011 by plasticsinfomart 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 they are made from a recyclable and compostable fiber shell, with a plastic pouch and closure. The result is a bottle that requires up to 70% less plastic […] Read more »
End Markets Processes Dow Corning and Wacker open joint pyrogenic silica plant in China October 25, 2011 by plasticsinfomart On October 19, Dow Corning Corporation and Wacker Chemie AG inaugurated the completed second phase of their joint pyrogenic silica plant in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province, China. The pyrogenic silica plant, together with a siloxane plant will cover an area of 1 million sqm. The combined US$1.8 billion project is said to be China’s largest facility […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News Zahoransky presents Z.Lion machine series for brush and broom production October 25, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Germany-based brush machines maker Zahoransky AG presented the Z.Lion machines for versatile brush and broom production, its press release said on October 18. The Z.Lion drilling and tufting machines offer high tufting speeds of up to 1,200 tufts per minute with a smooth and low-wear operation, said the company. From economical single version to fully […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News The Value of Plastics October 24, 2011 by plasticsinfomart 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 scrap is a very high value item, and a lot of people don’t realize that,” said Patricia Moore of Moore Recycling Associates, Sonoma, […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News 2010 PET container recycling rate reaches 29% October 24, 2011 by plasticsinfomart 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 Container Recycling Activity,” which records a 2010 PET container recycling rate of 29%. This is the seventh straight year that the U.S. recycling rate has […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News As Austin weighs paper vs. plastic, a look across U.S. for examples October 24, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Darren Hodges was tired of seeing plastic bags floating like tumbleweeds, stuck in mesquite trees or tangled in barbed wire fences along the roads of Fort Stockton. So Hodges, mayor pro tem of this West Texas city of 9,000 , pushed last year for a ban on plastic bags at checkout counters. Now the local […] Read more »
Market News Oil prices rise on US, European economic news October 22, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Oil prices rose Friday on encouraging economic news from the U.S. and Europe, raising hopes for stronger demand in the months to come. Benchmark crude rose $1.33 to finish the day at $87.40 per barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price many international kinds of oil, fell 20 cents to end at $109.56 […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News ADG Solutions Installs Fimic Screen Systems for Plastics Recyclers October 21, 2011 by plasticsinfomart The equipment company ADG Solutions, Fairfield, Conn., has installed imported plastics screening systems from the Italian firm Fimic to two recycling companies. ADG Solutions is the importer of the Fimic screen systems in North America. According to ADG, the screens were installed at ABC Polymers, Stone Mountain, Ga., and KW Plastics, Troy, Ala., because the […] Read more »