The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles (SMART) Association, Bel Air, Md., has developed a set of documents including a position paper and draft legislative language to help local governments establish procedures to manage clothing ...
Tags: Textile
The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART), as part of its continuing effort to provide leadership in the clothing and textile recycling industry, is taking several positive steps which focus on the issues surrounding ...
Tags: Clothing Collection Bins, Apparel
Belgium-based trade body Plastics Recyclers Europe has called for a joint initiative to establish a separate recycling stream for thermoformed PET trays. According to Plastics Recyclers Europe, PET trays are valuable recyclable products ...
Tags: Plastics Recyclers, Packaging, Printing
Plastic closures manufacturer Bericap will introduce its tried-and-tested closure systems at Drinktec taking place from 16-20 September 2013 in Munich, Germany. Bericap will exhibit its 33mm closures for hot fillings available in the ...
Kennedy, a US-based labeling, packaging, and identification solutions provider, has developed a new line of bottle-to-bottle labels which complement its pressure sensitive labels range. The bottle-to-bottle labels are designed for ...
Tags: Sustainable Labels, Kennedy
The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR), US has reinforced its opposition to the use of degradable additives in existing as well as potentially recyclable bottles, containers and films. APR director Steve Alexander said it ...
The people who will be responsible for most curbside pick-up in Metro Vancouver next year say they’re frustrated as they try to sort out the issue of glass. Back in February, Multi Material B.C. said glass mixed with other ...
Tags: B.C.Agency, Recycling Glass, Construction
The Consumer Electronics Association and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. today announced a technical “CRT Challenge” to identify financially viable, environmentally-conscious proposals for using recycled cathode ...
Tags: Electronics Industry, Old CRT Glass, Consumer Electronics
IDG News Service - An electronics and a recycling trade group are looking for ways to reuse recycled cathode ray tube (CRT) glass from computer monitors and television sets, with a US$10,000 prize for the best proposal. The Consumer ...
Tags: CRT Glass, Trade Groups, Decoration
According to PAFA, the variable quality of recyclate has long acted as "a damper on the recycling sector in the UK". The association added that it will be working with other members of the recycling supply chain to ensure that action is ...
Tags: recyclate quality, recycling sector, materials recovery facility
Avery Dennison's new Bottle-to-Bottle (B2B) film portfolio aims to address the easy removal of labels for PET reclamation programs. The B2B range is built on clear/white BOPP film facestock anchored by SR3010, a switchable adhesive, which ...
With the start of a new year, Plastics News restates its editorial agenda. The plastics industry has made important progress in many of these areas in the past decade, and we applaud the efforts. * Safety must be every company’s top ...
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