Recycling News Funding boost for ‘invisible barcode’ plastics sorting project February 26, 2016 by plasticsinfomart A government-backed project aimed at making it easier to sort and separate plastic packaging for recycling, using an ‘invisible barcode’ made from metal oxides, has been boosted with £772,000 in funding. Plastic Packaging Recycling using Intelligent Separation technologies for Materials (PRISM) aims to identify new luminescent materials which can be applied, invisibly, to labels on […] Read more » global plastics industry Pet Polymers plastic bottle recycling plastic raw material plastic recycling plastic recycling in india raw material for plastic
Recycling News ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’: Scientists suggest ‘novel’ way to curb marine pollution by plastics February 25, 2016 by plasticsinfomart Panaji: The problem of marine pollution by plastics can be resolved through a combination of actions like enforcement of rules, stressing on recycling and finding an alternative to plastics , say experts. “Resolving the plastic debris problem is important. Solutions to the plastic debris can only be achieved through combination of actions,” according to a study […] Read more » Pet Polymers plastic bottle recycling plastic raw material plastic recycling plastic recycling in india Plastics News raw material for plastic
Industry To rethink the future of plastics, start with packaging February 24, 2016 / March 7, 2017 by plasticsinfomart More plastic than fish in the ocean (by weight) by 2050. 95 percent of plastic packaging’s potential value lost after its first use. Only 14 percent of plastic packaging collected for recycling. Global waste disposal systems so challenged that nearly a third of plastic waste doesn’t even make it to the landfill, and instead is […] Read more » Pet Polymers Plastic Masterbatch plastic polymer industry plastic processing plastic products plastic raw material plastic recycling Plastics news europ
Recycling News Contaminated recycling: Noncompliance in Lawrence system creating trash February 22, 2016 by plasticsinfomart A half-dozen sorters — human, not robotic — plucked garbage Wednesday from among the recyclables moving along a conveyor belt inside the Hamm Material Recovery Facility, where Lawrence’s recycling goes to be separated, smashed and shipped. The trash — a mix of Styrofoam, small pill containers, plastic bags and other materials the facility can’t recycle […] Read more » Pet Polymers plastic bottle recycling plastic raw material plastic recycling plastic recycling in india plastic recycling machines raw material for plastic
Recycling News McDonald’s has a craving for recycling February 18, 2016 by plasticsinfomart United Kingdom: Paper cup manufacturer James Cropper is collaborating with the McDonald’s fast food chain in the UK to trial a programme in the hope of inspiring ‘pioneer moves in sustainability and recycling ’. The scheme involves 150 of McDonald’s 1250 locations countrywide. The partnership will see McDonald’s previously non-recyclable, plastic-coated paper cups recycled at James […] Read more » plastic bottle recycling Plastic News portal plastic products plastic recycling plastic recycling in india plastic recycling machinery plastic recycling machines plastic waste recycling machine Plastics News
Plastic Recycling Pointe-Claire plastic recycling program expands February 16, 2016 / March 14, 2017 by plasticsinfomart Following the success of a summer pilot project, resi .dents of Pointe-Claire will be finding it easier to recycle plastics The city has set up a polystyrene collection point, located at 50 Terra Cotta, where citizens can bring anything with a number six plastic symbol on it 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Plastics […] Read more » global plastics industry plastic bottle recycling plastic polymer industry plastic raw material plastic recycling plastic recycling in india raw material for plastic
Recycling News Plastic bag industry moves to prevent Brossard ban February 12, 2016 by plasticsinfomart The Canadian Plastic Bags Association is taking legal action to stop the City of Brossard from proceeding with a ban on plastic shopping bags this fall. The organization issued a legal notice that describes the ban as “an abusive and unreasonable exercise of power that goes against the best interests of the city, its residents […] Read more » Pet Polymers plastic bottle recycling plastic raw material plastic recycling plastic recycling in india Plastics News Plastics news europ raw material for plastic
Recycling News Trade body announces launch of ‘Zero Net Waste’ program February 9, 2016 by plasticsinfomart The ZNW program comprises of a manual which consists of real-world, step-by-step tools and resources for companies throughout the plastics value chain to ensure that plastic materials and other manufacturing byproducts are put to their highest and best use. SPOKANE : SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association has launched the Zero Net Waste (ZNW) program- […] Read more » Pet Polymers plastic bottle recycling plastic raw material plastic recycling plastic recycling in india Plastics News raw material for plastic
