WASHINGTON (May 22, 12:05 p.m. ET) -- Plastics recyclers are showing greater creativity in finding materials they need to fill their plants’ capacity and meet growing demand for recycled materials. Industrial recyclers are expanding locations and setting up operations in customers’ plants. Post-consumer recyclers are arranging deals to obtain material from retail operations. Others are looking to duplicate the success of Mason, Mich.-based Dart Container Corp. in recycling polystyrene school lunch trays, and many are looking to tap into products used by grocery chains and retailers. (more)

WASHINGTON (May 22, 10:25 a.m. ET) -- A year ago, Nestlé Waters North America Inc. CEO and President Kim Jeffery boldly proclaimed the company would build a $30 million, joint venture, bottle-to-bottle recycling plant on the East Coast to produce 40 million pounds of PET annually and have it up and running within a year. “My target date has obviously come and gone,” said Jeffery. “I was too optimistic. But we are going forward with it.” (more)

WASHINGTON (May 22, 10:10 a.m. ET) -- You might think a 50 percent boost in PET recycling capacity since the start of 2010 is a solid harbinger of nothing but good times ahead. But like many plastics recycling issues, it’s a mixed bag — particularly juxtaposed against a very slow increase in the pounds of PET resin recycled and collected. And some think it could lead to some PET recyclers going out of business. (more)