News from Circular Plastics Australia, Machinex and more - Plastics Recycling Update

2022-05-29 02:38:11 By : Ms. cl x

An analysis from c7-consult found that r ecycled HDPE from packaging producer Alpla Group’s Suminco recycling plants have up to 88% fewer carbon-dioxide-equivalent emissions than virgin plastic. 

Chemex Global will construct a chemical recycling facility in Hebron, Ohio for Freepoint Eco-Systems. It will be able to handle 240 metric tons per day. 

Circular Plastics Australia opened a PET recycling facility in New South Wales that has a Starlinger recoSTAR PET 215 HC iV+ PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line capable of producing 2.5 tons of RPET per hour. 

Harmless Harvest will transition to 100% recycled plastic bottles for its coconut water and smoothie products in May. 

German company Heraeus Holding invested took a majority stake in perPETual Technologies, a German PET recycling company, and renamed it “revalyu Resources.”

Machinex opened an office in Phoenix to reinforce its West Coast presence.

The MultiCycle project finished a successful 42-month international collaboration to demonstrate how a circular economy for plastics could work.

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Shareholders at Chevron Phillips’ parent company recently voted to approve a resolution on shifting toward more recycled plastic use. Amazon and ExxonMobil will be encountering similar resolutions this week.

Advanced Drainage Systems, now the largest plastics reclaimer in North America, increased its product sales by nearly 40% last year.

Indorama Ventures is moving into the commercial stage of a project in which post-consumer PET trays are recycled into flake used in food packaging.

A new plant in western Michigan will recycle recovered plastic from Goodwill into stormwater drainage infrastructure.

The U.S. EPA is working to build several grant programs from the ground up thanks to an influx of money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and it is reaching out to stakeholders to make sure the programs will meet industry needs.

Shortly after opening its Northern California carpet recycling plant, Aquafil is working to close the facility and consolidate processing equipment elsewhere.

Recycled-plastic decking manufacturers are responding to strong markets for their products by expanding production capacity, including UFP buying reclaimer Cedar Poly and Fiberon breaking ground on a facility in Tennessee.

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