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Recyclers working with grocery groups

AUSTIN, TEXAS (March 18, 12:01 a.m. ET) -- The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers hopes to boost the recycling of rigid plastics beyond PET and high density polyethylene bottles by working with groceries to identify the obstacles to capturing the huge volumes of material which today is largely untapped. “Large grocery stores are generating roughly 350 million pounds [per year] of material,” said Elizabeth Bedard, director of the APR Rigid Plastics Recycling program. March 18, 2010

New data shows bag, film recycling stalls

ARLINGTON, VA. (Updated March 18, 5:35 p.m. ET) — The rate of growth for plastic bag and film recycling has virtually ground to a halt. An examination of the data released March 16 by the plastics division of the American Chemistry Council found that the rate of growth in plastic bag and film recycling in 2008 was barely more than 0.25 percent. That’s even lower than in 2007 when the amount of material collected increased by 2.24 percent. March 16, 2010

Stricker PolyRec builds large recycling plant

SCHWERTE-WESTHOFEN, GERMANY (March 16, 12:01 a.m. ET) -- Stricker PolyRec GmbH & Co. KG recently built a large-scale plant for size-reduction, agglomerating and refining waste engineering plastics, and the company picked the plastcompactor concept developed by Herbold Meckesheim GmbH. March 16, 2010

Calif. firm aims to recycle PLA

AUSTIN, TEXAS (March 15, 4:25 p.m. ET) -- While some are concerned that PLA packaging might contaminate the PET recycling stream, Mike Centers plans to develop a market for it. The recycling industry veteran -- who also sells sorting equipment to municipal materials recovery facilities -- has formed Biocor LLC in Concord, Calif., to buy post-consumer and post-industrial PLA and turn it back into lactic acid. March 15, 2010

Growing volume of mislabeled bottles causing problems for PET recyclers

WASHINGTON (March 15, 12:50 p.m. ET) -- Two plastics recycling associations say that brand owners are mislabeling bottles as PET or PET-compatible. Without identifying any specific companies or containers, the recycling groups say their members are seeing an increasing number of mislabeled bottles -- a trend that has the potential to wreak havoc with the recycling stream. March 15, 2010

Recycling plant to help AERT control costs

SPRINGDALE, ARK. (March 11, 4:50 p.m. ET) -- Composite building materials manufacturer Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. will more than double its plastic recycling capacity when its new $13 million plant in Watts, Okla., starts operating 24/7 in the next two to four weeks. March 11, 2010

Pallet maker Greystone forms recycling division

TULSA, OKLA. (March 11, 3:45 p.m. ET) -- Greystone Logistics Inc., which already recycles plastics into feedstock for its pallets that are made from 100 percent recycled content, has formed a recycling division at its manufacturing complex in Bettendorf, Iowa, to sell recycled pellets to other manufacturers. March 11, 2010

IBM and Stanford tout catalysts for creating recyclable, biodegradable polymers

ALMADEN, CALIF. (March 11, 12:15 p.m. ET) -- IBM and Stanford University researchers claim they have developed catalyst technology that could lead to new polymers and methods of recycling plastics. New types of biodegradable, biocompatible polymers are possible with the organocatalysis technology, according to the researchers. It could boost sustainability efforts in markets as diverse as healthcare and microelectronics. March 11, 2010

MBA Polymers moving toward being a global recycler

ORLANDO, FLA. (March 11, 9:50 a.m. ET) -- MBA Polymers Inc. is working on becoming a global supplier of post-consumer plastics made from durable goods. The company will take a big step toward that goal later this year, when it opens a major new plastics recovery plant in Worksop, England. March 11, 2010

Calif. budgets funding for bottle recycling centers

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (March 10, 1:25 p.m. ET) -- It is only a stop-gap measure. But at least temporarily, the state of California will again pay the full amount of handling and processing fees to recycling centers that redeem bottles. The bill, signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on March 8, restores, through the end of June, funding to pay those fees. March 10, 2010

Italian equipment maker CMG opens US demonstration center

CRANSTON, R.I. (March 5, 10:50 a.m. ET) -- Highlighting its granulators and single-shaft shredders, CMG SpA of Bologna, Italy, recently opened a new distribution and technical demonstration center in Rhode Island to serve its North American customers. March 5, 2010

Two certification standards aim to curb waste exports

SEATTLE (March 5, 10:30 a.m. ET) -- Two competing certification standards are hoping to prevent the export of electronic waste to third-world countries, where it is sometimes processed using unsafe and environmentally hazardous methods. March 5, 2010

Report shows improvement in some recycling, but not enough

ARLINGTON, VA. (Updated March 5, 10:10 a.m. ET) -- The number of pounds of non-bottle rigid plastics recycled in the U.S. in 2008 increased by slightly more than 35 million pounds over the previous year, and a majority of that was reprocessed in North America, in sharp contrast to 2007 when much of the material was exported. March 3, 2010

Fact, not fad: Marketing proves 'green' sells

ORLANDO, FLA. (March 2, 1:15 p.m. ET) — The fad of 'green' building is quickly becoming just the natural way to build, according to experts at Fencetech, held Feb. 17-19 in Orlando. By 2013 it will be a $140 billion market, split evenly between residential and non-residential. March 2, 2010

Flooring networks partner to increase carpet recycling

DALTON, GA. (March 1, 1:40 p.m. ET) -- Two flooring business networks are collaborating to increase the recycling of used carpet removed from homes and businesses. ReSource Commercial Flooring Network members are now part of the Carpet America Recovery Effort's Aligned Dealer program. CARE is a Dalton-based nonprofit group formed to divert and reuse post-consumer carpet. March 1, 2010

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