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Bayonne officials remind residents not to use plastic bags for recycling

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City officials have reminded Bayonne residents not to use plastic bags for holding curbside recycling. BAYVILLE (Scrap Monster): City officials are reminding Bayonne residents and businesses not to set out their recycling in plastic bags. Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis said in a statement that the plastic bags get stuck in the recycling equipment and “slow […]

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Malawi to ban use of thin plastics with effect from June 30th

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The southeast African country, Malawi, has decided to ban the use of thin plastics effective June 30th this year KAMPALA (Scrap Monster): The southeast African country, Malawi, has decided to ban the use of thin plastics effective June 30th this year. The country’s Department of Environmental Affairs had fought long legal battle with the thin […]

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CPIA Plastics Industry Leadership Awards for 2015 announced

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The Canadian Plastis Industry Association (CPIA) has announced the winners of the 2015 Plastics Industry Leadership Awards TORONTO (Scrap Monster): The Canadian Plastis Industry Association (CPIA) has announced the winners of the 2015 Plastics Industry Leadership Awards. The recipient of the “Leader of the Year” award is Jim Ellies. He is the President and COO of […]

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South Africa’s first B2B PET recycling plant adopts Starlinger technology

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Extrupet, the biggest polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle recycler in South Africa, has started up the country’s first bottle-to-bottle (B2B) recycling plant. Featuring Starlinger’s iV+ technology, the plant produces PhoenixPET, a recycled PET (rPET) brand approved by The Coca-Cola Company. The 3,000sqm PhoenixPET plant in Johannesburg, South Africa, was inaugurated on May 11, making the country […]

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Plastics Recycling Industry launches strategic action plan

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The plastics recycling industry has launched a new action plan aimed at making significant contributions towards achieving CANTERBURY (Scrap Monster): The plastics recycling industry has launched a new action plan aimed at making significant contributions towards achieving the UK government’s 2017 recycling target of 57%. The ‘Plastics Industry Recycling Action Plan’ (PIRAP) was launched yesterday […]

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SPI announces agenda for new Re|focus Recycling Summit & Expo

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SPI: The Plastics Industry  Trade Association has announced the agenda for its new Re|focus Recycling Summit Expo and launched the event web site as well. The Re|focus Recycling Summit Expo will take place from April 25-27, 2016 in Orlando, the US. The summit launches with an evening reception on Monday, April 25, events on the […]

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Dallas Council rejects plastic bag ban and eliminates bag fee

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AUSTIN (Scrap Monster): The Dallas City Council has voted to eliminate the nickel fee on single-use plastic bags, by a 10-4 vote on June 3rd. The Council has also rejected the proposed ban on bags last week through a 9-6 vote, despite strong campaigning by council member Dwaine Caraway. Effective June 8th, Dallas grocery stores […]

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Toronto expands recycling program to accept flexible packaging items

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Effective June 1, the Blue Box program in the city of Toronto, Canada accepts a wider range of recyclable soft plastics beyond grocery bags. Items that can now be received for recycling include a wide range of flexible packaging items, such as bulk food bags, dry cleaning bags, newspaper bags, produce bags, frozen fruit and […]

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