Environment Recycling News Autodesk Helps Echotect Drive Innovative Plastics Recycling December 16, 2010 by plasticsinfomart Echotect, a Dutch clean tech company, successfully deployed software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) to design and optimize its technology, which offers a cost-effective, recyclable and environmentally sustainable alternative to engineered stone. Combining quartz, marble and other aggregates with recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the technology has resulted in a product that is almost indistinguishable from […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News South Carolina County Lands Plastics Recycling Business December 16, 2010 by plasticsinfomart According to published reports, ICE Recycling, a plastics recycling firm, has announced plans to expand from its current operation in Florence County, Fla. The expansion, to be located in Lake City, S.C., is expected to create 50 jobs, and the investment in the project will total $4.35 million. “The ICE Recycling announcement for further expansion […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News 100% of most challenging Christmas plastic wrapping could be recycled by new tech December 14, 2010 by plasticsinfomart Some plastic still goes straight to land fill but householders currently spend a great deal of effort separating out the rest of their plastic waste believing it will be recycled yet typically only 12% of “Municipal Plastic Solid Waste” is truly recycled. It is often simply too time consuming to separate out and clean the […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News Braskem recycling campaign collects more than 13.5 tons of plastic waste December 14, 2010 by plasticsinfomart Braskem, Brazil’s leading petrochemical company, has organized successfully the Braskem GP Recycling Campaign to encourage citizens of São Paulo to dispose of their plastic waste at special collection points. Conducted between November 4 and 28 in five parks in different regions of the city during the three-day-long Brazilian leg of the Formula 1 championship, the […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News New small granulator for size reduction in test-lab December 14, 2010 by plasticsinfomart Dynisco, a supplier of measurement and control solutions for extrusion and other plastics processes, has launched a new small granulator fitted for plastic material testing laboratories. The new granulator is, according to Matthew Caslow, Global Support Manager of Dynisco, suitable for grinding production plastic parts for material testing and analysis. It also allows technicians to […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News SRS Opening New Electronics Recycling Facility in New Jersey December 11, 2010 by plasticsinfomart Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS) is opening its newest electronics recycling facility in Edison, N.J. The company says formal operations of the 93,000-square-foot facility will begin January, 2011. The location will provide electronics recycling services to residents and business in New York, New Jersey and the Philadelphia Metro Area. “Sims Recycling Solutions strives to provide our […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News BASF publishes first hot melt extrusion compendium December 11, 2010 by plasticsinfomart BASF has now published the first compendium on hot melt extrusion, a method that is being increasingly used in the pharmaceutical industry to help an active drug substance to dissolve properly in the stomach and provide more effective treatment. As introduced, the compendium contains practical instructions for use and extensive descriptions of all the relevant […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News New Conair multipass tank for plastic tubing includes vacuum sizing December 11, 2010 by plasticsinfomart A new multipass cooling tank and related technologies from Conair now make it possible for producers of plastic tubing to reduce wall-thickness tolerances…. and cut material use dramatically while increasing productivity and reducing floor-space requirements, Conair said in a press release. With new and innovative OD, ID, and wall-control algorithms, new tension-control devices, and precision […] Read more »