Latest Plastic recycling News
Recycling contractors will generally pay a higher price for baled material than for loose waste
David Hall, Managing Director of Hertfordshire-based Kenburn Waste Management Ltd has spent the past 18 years in the baling and compacting business. During that time he has witnessed a massive change in the way businesses and local authorities deal with their waste and how technology is being used to turn previously unwanted material into a valuable resource. He said: "When I came into the business in the early nineties waste management was ... [more]
Merton Council makes it easier for people who live in flats to recycle
Merton Council is now enabling residents in blocks of 10 or more flats with communal recycling bins to mix all recyclable materials together. Residents will now be able to place all their recyclable waste into the same bin, which will be collected once a week and transported to a large recycling facility in Dartford to be sorted into their material types and then recycled into new products. The move to one bin for all recyclable materials fo... [more]
The rubbish race is under way as waste plants turn waste mountains into money mountains
McBains Cooper has been appointed project co-ordinator on a number of UK waste management site developments as the world of rubbish is turned upside down by the latest generation of disposal and recycling equipment. This comes at a time when a fast-accelerating race is underway to buy as much rubbish as possible - fuelled by airport-standard technology. "Industry used to pay to have its rubbish taken away, now it invites bids for the privilege... [more]
Green Genius biodegradable trash bags meet the standard for biodegradability in landfills
It is estimated that normal plastic bags take up to a thousand years to biodegrade, if they ever fully biodegrade at all. This fact has gotten the attention of the public, and driven many municipalities around the world to outlaw plastic bags. “You want some plastic to last forever. The PVC pipes in your house, for example - you don’t want those to biodegrade,” said Sam Paul, CEO of Green Genius. “But you don’t want a plastic bag to last forev... [more]
SCA Recycling launches Materials Recycling Facility in Southampton to expand into the post-consumer market
SCA Recycling has launched its new £15m Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) in Southampton, Hampshire. The new facility, at Hounsdown Business Park, Totton, marks the company’s expansion into the post-consumer market with the recovery of paper, plastics, metals and glass from local authority, and industrial and commercial sources. At the heart of the new facility is SCA Recycling’s advanced optical sorting equipment, which is the first of its k... [more]
Other Plastic recycling news and reviews
IBM, Standford Report Advance in Plastic Recycling (ABC News)
IBM and Stanford University tout way to improve recycled plastic. IBM - Stanford University - Recycling - Business - Polymer
Catalysts for Plastic Recycling (Technology Review)
Chemical process can recycle PET bottles at lower temperatures. A plastic bottle tossed in the recycling bin may end up being shredded and reused to make a sweater or a carpet, but it won't be turned into another water bottle. At least not so far. Catalysts being developed by researchers at IBM and Stanford could make it cost-effective to break down polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, plastics ...
IBM, Stanford cite advance in plastic recycling (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
When you recycle a plastic bottle, it doesn't necessarily become another plastic bottle. Because of limitations in recycling technology, a common type of plastic used in water bottles and food containers weakens so much when it's recycled that it can't be used again for the same purpose.
Recycling robot sorts six types of plastic using laser photonics (PlasticsToday.com)
A recycling robot that uses sensors to detect five different wavelengths of laser beam light reflected from plastic materials, and will automatically sort six different polymer types, currently is being tested in Osaka, Japan. The photonics sensing technology has been developed by the Idec Co. (Japan) and the Photonics Advanced Research Center (PARC) at the University of Osaka. Optical and robot ...
IBM, Stanford cite advance in plastic recycling (San Francisco Chronicle)
When you recycle a plastic bottle, it doesn't necessarily become another plastic bottle. Because of limitations in recycling technology, a common type of plastic used in water bottles and food containers weakens so much when it's recycled that it can't be... Recycling - Plastic - Environment - Business - Waste Management
IBM, Stanford cite advance in plastic recycling (Boston Globe)
When you recycle a plastic bottle, it doesn't necessarily become another plastic bottle. Because of limitations in recycling technology, a common type of plastic used in water bottles and food containers weakens so much when it's recycled that it can't be used again for the same purpose. Some small amount of the plastic might make it into another bottle, but ...
Recycling Center now taking plastics 1 through 7 (The Middletown Press)
MIDDLETOWN — Plastic containers from No. 1 through No. 7 can now be accepted for curbside recycling in addition to being accepted at the Middletown Recycling Center, the city announced.
IBM, Stanford cite advance in plastic recycling (AP via Yahoo! News)
When you recycle a plastic bottle, it doesn't necessarily become another plastic bottle.
Huge Fire at South Bay Recycling Plant (KGO AM 810 San Francisco)
It took several hours and a four-alarm response to knock down a fire at a plastic recycling facility in Santa Clara. KGO's Rob Artigo reports the thick black smoke could be seen for miles around.
Pioneer starts recycling revolution (The Sauk Prairie Eagle)
NORTH FREEDOM — We may not know exactly what the little numbers inside the recycling triangles on plastic containers mean, but most Americans have probably taken them for granted for 20 years.
