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A fresh outlook for PET thermoform
PET bottles are often identified as the most commonly recycled plastic in North America. However, some technical and economic barriers can limit the recycling of other PET packaging formats, such as thermoformed trays and clamshells, from being effectively recycled. This …
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Arizona facility planned for Republic’s joint venture
The second Blue Polymers recycled resin facility will be sited in Buckeye, Arizona, and is slated to open in late 2025.
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Analyst lays out cyclic pattern of recycled resin markets
A long runup in recycled natural HDPE prices came to an end last summer, when prices plummeted to levels not seen since 2019. A market analyst with ICIS recently explained how this has become a cyclic trend in the plastics recycling market – and how the cycle is beginning again.
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Scrap plastic exports flat despite regional shifts
More than half of the scrap plastic that left the U.S. in the first quarter of the year stayed in North America, recent export figures indicate.
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Processors say U.S. e-plastics market yet to develop
A recently published survey of e-scrap companies in the U.S. and abroad offered a look at how many operators are handling plastics recovered from devices. It also provided insights on why a domestic e-plastics processing industry has yet to develop.
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California releases deposit system update draft rules
Formal rulemaking for changes to California’s deposit system is about to begin, and draft rules shed more light on new requirements for beverage dealers and retailers.
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Plastics Recycling Conference dives into industry trends
The 2024 Plastics Recycling Conference kicked off Monday in Grapevine, Texas, bringing energetic conversations around policy, investments and designing for recyclability.
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Report takes aim at drop-off recycling system
An investigation that placed tracking devices in bundles of Amazon’s plastic packaging and dropped them off in store collection receptacles around the U.S. found a “failing” drop-off collection system, its authors said. Amazon responded by noting it can’t control how material is handled once it enters the recycling system.
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Scrap plastic exports drop to new low
Recovered plastic exports out of the U.S. dropped slightly in 2023, bringing a record low for the fourth consecutive year.
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Data quantifies progress on plastic recycling
Some of the largest brand owners slightly increased the amount of recycled plastic they used globally in 2022. And in the U.S., end market demand for RPET grew notably last year, even as bottle collection slipped.
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