Plastic Recycling

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Plastic Recycling April 18, 2017May 9, 2017

‘Recycling plastics contaminate children’s toys with toxic chemicals’

Recycling materials that contain persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and other toxic substances contaminates new products, continues human and environmental...

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Plastic Recycling November 2, 2016May 9, 2017

US plastics recycling market is ‘holding its own’

United States: The United States managed a recycling rate of 30.1% for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles last year,...

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Plastic Recycling October 28, 2016May 9, 2017

Plastic roads under development

Extruded and injection-molded from post-consumer recycled polyolefins. Dutch company KWS Infra has signed a cooperation agreement with processor Wavin...

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Plastic Recycling October 26, 2016May 9, 2017

Asia’s largest waste-bottle treatment plant seeks rebirth

(ECNS) — A plastic bottle treatment plant in Beijing, which boasts the largest capacity of its kind in Asia,...

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Plastic Recycling October 13, 2016May 9, 2017

Demonstrating the feasibility of car plastics recycling

United States: The US Plastics Industry Trade Association (SPI) has announced a new project, the Automotive End-of-Life Vehicles Recycling...

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Plastic Recycling September 10, 2016March 14, 2017

Co-op calls on retailers to ‘move with us’ on plastics recycling action plan

The Co-op has become the first retailer to sign up to the ‘Plastic Industry Recycling Action Plan (PIRAP), and...

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Plastic Recycling May 21, 2016March 14, 2017

Plastic Heat Sinks for LEDs “Shine” for Two Lighting Component Manufacturers

PolyOne’s Therma-Tech compounds prove their mettle replacing aluminum as an LED heat sink. Here’s my second of a three-part...

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Plastic Recycling February 16, 2016March 14, 2017

Pointe-Claire plastic recycling program expands

Following the success of a summer pilot project, resi .dents of Pointe-Claire will be finding it easier to recycle plastics...

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