Recycling

APR responds to plastic can recycling claims

After claims by plastic can manufacturers that their products are recyclable, the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR; Washington, DC), the international trade organization representing the plastics recycling industry, responded this week that a PET can with a metal lid contaminates…

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Sport Infinity project promises zero waste and infinite recyclability

Last year in June, the European Commission kicked off a new project that aimed at boosting the sustainability of sports products – and especially that of soccer gear.

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Dow finds ‘Holy Grail’ with pouch recycling breakthrough

Dow Chemical has ‘cracked the code’ to recycling certain multi-layer pouches that would otherwise be thrown away. The US company’s new RecycleReady technology works for one particular type of pouch design, but is expected to be the basis for a long…

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New report shines a light on recycling automotive plastics

 It was about three years ago that Kendra Martin first attended an automotive event as an employee of the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc.

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