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New funding provides for PP, curbside recycling efforts

The Recycling Partnership is behind two new rounds of funding to increase plastics recycling. Projects backed by the funds includes the delivery of 162,000 recycling carts in Kansas City, Mo.

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Global plastics recycling market to grow 50% by 2030, report says

Market Research Future says recycling is expected to grow throughout the remainder of the decade, driven largely by demands in packaging.

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Recyclers battle low prices, inconsistent demand, Prime's Gupta says

Vince Gupta of recycler Prime Products Inc. says continuing low prices for recycled materials make it hard to commit to new capital and growing recycling operations.

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Ambienta buys stake in recycling equipment maker Previero

Ambienta SGR SpA, a large asset manager in Europe that focuses on environmental sustainability, has acquired a majority stake in plastics recycling machinery specialist Previero N srl.

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Canada wants more recycled content, tougher labeling rules

Canada's government is out with a proposed new regulatory framework that would mandate recycled content for plastic packaging and toughen rules on green labeling.

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Recycling giant Waste Management sees future in film recovery

The nation's largest solid waste management company is investing in the recycling of plastics, which currently represents just a small fraction of its material recovery.

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PureCycle's PP recycling plant 'days away' from launch

The first delivery of solvent needed for the firm's recycling process has been received. PureCycle next will make pellets from virgin PP resin and will add post-industrial and post-consumer PP into the purification process to make recycled resin pellets for sale and distribution to customers.

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Finding a better way to recycle plastic film

Results of a study that actually started five years ago now show enhanced sorting technology allows plastic films to be recaptured at material recovery facilities, a difficult task using the typical approach.

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Neste inventors shortlisted for the European Inventor Award 2023

Neste, the Finnish petrochemical company that over the past decade has reinvented itself as a front runner in renewable solutions, has reached this point through a combination of research and development and a can-do attitude towards innovation, backed by a strong and steady stream of investment.

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Plastics recycling inching forward

While some in the media are convinced that plastics recycling is a myth, the numbers show that it's a substantial business — and growing.

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