Metaspectral uses hyperspectral cameras to rapidly create a chemical fingerprint of plastic items, distinguishing between polyethylene terephthalate (PET), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), and ...

The updates reflect the latest scientific findings and ongoing collaboration across the plastic packaging value chain, the nonprofit says.

PVC and polyethylene pipe producers are expanding recycling efforts in Texas and Georgia to support circular manufacturing and reduce plastic waste in construction products.

In December, it acquired privately owned Jet Polymer Recycling, based in Fort Payne, Alabama, which included three plants in Alabama and Georgia with capacity to recycle about 100 million pounds per ...

Austrian packaging giant and recycler Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co KG opened a 20 million euro ($22.9 million) high density polyethylene recycling plant in central Mexico Nov. 10 and ...

Furthermore, it said that industries buy from Smurfit Westrock high-density polyethylene containers, such as plastic jugs and buckets made of #2 plastic, for use in manufacturing corrugated pipe ...

Recycling HDPE makes a dark plastic only good for making things like park benches and waste bins. Only plastics with 1 (polyethylene terephthalate) or 2 (high-density polyethylene) are widely ...