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Potential economic impact of expanding recycling technologies in the US nearly $10 billion

A report released by the American Chemistry Council finds the potential economic impact of expanding advanced plastic recycling and recovery technologies in the United States to be nearly $10 billion. The report examines a burgeoning class of technologies that convert used plastics into a range of products and raw materials such

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Starlinger’s recycling technology for CarbonLite, Pennsylvania

Austrian Starlinger recycling technology will deliver PET recycling lines with a total installed capacity of 5.4 tons/hour for CarbonLite’s new site in Pennsylvania at the end of the year. CarbonLite is a major producer of food-grade rPET who already operates Starlinger recycling lines at its locations in Riverside and Dallas. CarbonLite

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A safety tightrope walk

Post-consumer PET recycling in Ohio Running a full capacity of 60-65 million lbs a year and established for 25 years in recycling plants, Lori Carson, Director Commercial Operations, at Phoenix Technologies has gotten  to know many of the problems that can crop up in the post-consumer recycling industry. Starting up the

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Recycling, a review

Looking back to the beginnings of plastics recycling, it becomes clear that since the 1980s, mechanical engineers have developed increasingly from general post-industrial plastics recyclers to highly specialised post-consumer PET recyclers. Making a name for themselves in particular are mechanical engineers in PET recycling from Austria, Germany and Italy. The specialising

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The 50/50 solution

An interview with Rüdiger Löhl, Managing Director of E-proPlast, in which we discuss the increasing level of recyclate in PET bottles and why “100% rPET” is not sustainable. By Gabriele Kosmehl PETplanet: Your company specialises in the design and manufacture of PET bottles for the beverages and HBC industries. To what

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