Improving HDPE recycling - Recycling Today
WEBOct 27, 2020 · High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is one of the most commonly used and recycled plastics today. However, within the recycled HDPE stream, polypropylene (PP) contamination is a significant problem. The specific challenge that PP presents for HDPE recycling is that globally, the primary method to separate plastics …
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WEBThe recycling industry is responsible for collecting processing and marketing billions of dollars worth of metals, paper, plastics and other recovered materials. Through Recycling Today and Recycling Today Global Edition , market directories, and industry conferences, GIE serves the scrap and recycling industry in North America and globally.
Creating opportunity for film plastics - Recycling Today
WEBNov 23, 2022 · WM Vice President of Recycling Brent Bell shares how the company aims to boost recycling rates and end-market opportunities for film plastics through two new business ventures. Boosting recycling rates by unlocking new material supplies is one of the biggest challenges the recycling industry faces today, according to Brent Bell, vice president ...
The shifting paradigm of automotive recycling
WEBSep 6, 2019 · “The automotive recycling industry has a rich 76-year history serving a vital role in the world’s recycling efforts,” says Jonathan Morrow, M&M Auto Parts, Fredericksburg, Virginia, and president of the Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA), Manassas, Virginia. “As an industry, we have always endured change, and it …
Phoenix Paper invests in $200M expansion - Recycling Today
WEBAug 12, 2019 · Phoenix Paper LLC, Wickliffe, Kentucky, has announced plans to invest $200 million to build a paper recycling facility on the grounds of a Wickliffe paper mill it purchased for $16 million about one year ago.. Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin announced the company’s investment Friday, Aug. 9, during a conference call with west Kentucky leaders at Wickliffe City Hall.
How robots are revolutionizing recycling - Recycling Today
WEBJan 30, 2019 · Recon Services says the robots can make roughly 2,000 picks per hour, selecting objects with market value in a positive sort process. By comparison, according to Recon and ZenRobotics, humans can make approximately 800 such picks per hour. “The robots have added a positive piece to our overall concept,” Biel told Construction & …
Mid America Paper Recycling launches quality initiative
WEBSep 19, 2019 · Chicago-based Mid America Paper Recycling, one of the largest independent brokers, processors and exporters of recovered paper in the Central U.S., is launching an initiative focused on tracking and increasing the value of the recycling waste streams generated by large commercial printers and paperboard converters. “The folding carton industry, for example, shipped about 5 million tons of ...
Recology to open new California MRF - Recycling Today
WEBJanuary 26, 2024. The Recology Sonoma Marin business unit of San Francisco-based Recology is preparing to open its new material recovery facility (MRF) in Santa Rosa, California, Jan. 29. Technology deployed in the MRF includes seven optical sorters, and Recology says the facility reflects its efforts to shift the industry from traditional ...
KFC commits to sustainable packaging globally - Recycling Today
WEBJan 28, 2019 · KFC of Plano, Texas, has recently announced a new global sustainability commitment that all plastic-based, consumer-facing packaging will be recoverable or reusable by 2025. KFC says the goal supports its long-term plan to implement a more sustainable packaging strategy in its restaurants – by both developing and using sustainable packaging options – and builds on progress already made in ...
Recycling Today Media Group
WEBThe recycling of obsolete and discarded materials is nearly as old as humankind itself. While the Recycling Today Media Group (RTMG) does not go back quite that far, our commitment to the recycling industry dates back to 1963 when Recycling Today was founded as Secondary Raw Materials magazine. Since that time, we have been publishing an ...
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