Breaking News Industry Industry News Machinery News Plastic Recycling Plastics Industry Plastics News Product News Recycling News Technology Croatia’s New PET Recycling Facility: Sorting with Sesotec Technology November 4, 2023 by plasticsinfomart Austrian beverage producer Steinrieser and the newly founded Austrian-Croatian beverage producer KIS pica d.o.o. have joined forces to set up a PET recycling plant in the Donja Dubrava region of Croatia for bottle-to-bottle recycling. The Rekis PET recycling plant produces up to 18,000 tonnes of rPET pellets per year. The bottles are collected through the […] Read more »
Breaking News Industry Industry News Market News Plastics Award Plastics Industry Plastics News Press Release Technology Husky Wins Prestigious Bioplastics Innovation Award November 1, 2023 by plasticsinfomart Husky Technologies has been awarded the 2023 Innovation in Bioplastics Award by the Plastics Industry Association (PIA). Husky won the award for its hot runner system, UltraMelt, which was engineered for the efficient and sustainable injection molding of bioresins (Figure 1). Bioresins, made in whole or in part from renewable biological resources, present unique challenges in injection […] Read more »
Breaking News Industry Industry News Machinery News Material News Plastic Prices Plastics Industry Plastics News Recycling News Technology Used Plastics Machinery MKS Plastics Unveils $14 Million Boost to Louisiana Manufacturing Hub! October 28, 2023 by plasticsinfomart MKS Plastics, a Louisiana-based premium industrial pail manufacturer, announced it is investing $14 million to double the size of its production facility in Tangipahoa Parish, about 53 miles east of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The 48,000 square-foot expansion will increase manufacturing output, allowing the company to better serve its customers in the petroleum and chemical industries. […] Read more »
Industry Industry News Plastic Packaging Plastic Recycling Plastics Industry Plastics News Product News Technology Transforming Plastic Waste into a Clean Hydrogen Goldmine! October 28, 2023 by plasticsinfomart A study focused on turning waste plastics into high-value graphene just unlocked a new way of producing hydrogen that could transform the nascent industry and, on a grander scale, positively alter projected decarbonization pathways. The breakthrough could be a win-win for the environment, recycling plastic waste – of which the world has approximately 6.3 billion tons – […] Read more »
Breaking News cycling’s Industry News Plastic Recycling Plastics Industry Plastics News Recycling News Scientists Achieve Breakthrough in Closing the Loop on Recycling Mixed Plastics! October 25, 2023 by plasticsinfomart Little of the mixed consumer plastics thrown away or placed in recycle bins actually ends up being recycled. Nearly 90% is buried in landfills or incinerated at commercial facilities that generate greenhouse gases and airborne toxins. Neither outcome is ideal for the environment. Why aren’t more mixed plastics recycled? It’s usually easier and less expensive […] Read more »
Breaking News Industry Plastic Recycling Plastics Industry Plastics News Plastics News India Recycling News Technology Recycling Unmasked: Startling Study Reveals Microplastics Released into the Environment October 23, 2023 / October 25, 2023 by plasticsinfomart A pilot study of plastics recycling suggests more effective filtration and further research is needed to prevent microplastic particles being released in the recycling process. Scientists who sampled wash water from a modern, undisclosed recycling facility in the UK found the microplastics released in the water amounted to 13% of the plastic processed. ‘I was […] Read more »
Breaking News Industry Plastics Industry Plastics News Plastics News India Technology Plastic Manufacturers Seek Import Duty Hike, PLI Scheme to Spur Growth October 14, 2023 / October 16, 2023 by plasticsinfomart The All India Plastics Manufacturers Association (AIPMA) has called for a revision in import duties on plastic goods and inclusion of production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for the sector to spur growth. Association president Mayur D Shah said they want the government to raise the import duty to 20 per cent from 10 per cent […] Read more »
Breaking News Industry Industry News injection molding machine injection moulding machine Machinery News plastic exhibition plastic extrusion machine Plastic Packaging Used Plastics Machinery PulPac Molds New Future for Packaging with World’s First Fiber-Based Injection Molding Machine October 10, 2023 / October 11, 2023 by plasticsinfomart PulPac is launching the PulPac Scala, a new machine platform combining its Mill-to-Web fibre unit with injection moulding technology, in the hopes of increasing the accessibility of Dry Molded Fiber worldwide. Approximately 100,000 injection moulding machines are produced every year, PulPac says, and many of them only produce single-use plastic. The PulPac Scala seeks to rectify […] Read more »
