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Okla.-based plastic recycling facility nearly complete

WATTS, OKLA. (Nov. 20, 12:30 p.m. ET) -- A new plastic srecycling facility under construction near Watts is nearly complete, according to Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. The plant, which is on pace for startup in the first quarter of 2010, will recycle low-end, highly contaminated waste polyethylene films into bulk plastic feedstock for AERT's composite manufacturing plants in Arkansas. November 20, 2009

Taiwan mandates recycling of PLA containers

HONG KONG (Nov. 18, 4:10 p.m. ET) -- Bioresin manufacturer NatureWorks LLC says the Taiwan government’s plan to mandate recycling for bottles and containers made from polylactic acid is forward-thinking. But the president of a PLA compounder in Taiwan says the government should instead focus on building up the country's composting infrastructure. November 18, 2009

Ohio company to open plastics, rubber recycling plant

AKRON, OHIO (Updated Nov. 13, 1:30 p.m. ET) -- Recycling technology firm Polyflow LLC has attracted new investors and now is confident it will break ground on its first commercial-scale plant in 2010. November 12, 2009

Australia considers national bottle deposits

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (Nov. 12, 1:50 p.m. ET) -- As Australian politicians inch their way towards deciding if they will introduce a national container deposit scheme (CDS) one of the beverage industry’s key lobby groups says it remains opposed to any such plans for packaging. November 12, 2009

Italy's Radici plans to buy Ohio compounder and recycler Michael Day

AKRON, OHIO (Updated Nov. 13, 1:30 p.m. ET) -- Compounder and recycler Michael Day Enterprises Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and expects to be sold to Italy’s Radici Group for $5.7 million, unless another buyer comes forward in the next 60 days. Wadsworth, Ohio-based MDE made the filing Nov. 10 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Akron. The firm cited assets and liabilities each valued at between $10 million and $50 million. November 11, 2009

ACC launches second recycling bin project

ARLINGTON, VA. (Updated Nov. 11, 6:35 p.m. ET) -- The plastics industry has launched a second recycling bin initiative in California with a collaborative program that will place recycling bins at a number of rest areas alongside California state and interstate highways. November 10, 2009

China's recycling industry looking to upgrade

HANGZHOU, CHINA (Nov. 10, 4:35 p.m. ET) -- China’s plastics recycling industry could see solid growth from the steady increases in both domestic and overseas supplies, but it must adopt better technology and address society’s environmental concerns about pollution from the industry, according to the head of one of the industry’s major trade groups. November 10, 2009

China to allow PET scrap bottle imports

HANGZHOU, CHINA (Nov. 10, 4:30 p.m. ET) -- The Chinese government is apparently edging closer to ending a ban on direct imports of whole PET scrap bottles, a move being watched in recycling circles around the world because it may mean more recycled PET exports to China and potentially less available elsewhere. November 10, 2009

Ohio recycler experiences rapid growth

ZANESVILLE, OHIO (Nov. 10, 3:55 p.m. ET) -- In less than two years, Brian Coll has turned a one-man brokerage operation in the basement of his New Cambridge, Ohio, home into a plastic recycling company that is reprocessing more than 80 million pounds annually. November 10, 2009

UK recycler Axion Polymers seeking partners in Asia

HANGZHOU, CHINA (Nov. 6, 1:45 p.m. ET) -- Axion Polymers, a recycled materials manufacturer in England, wants to extend its business to Asia by setting up partnerships with a handful of Chinese and Asian compounders. The company sees rising interest in using more carbon friendly materials in the small-appliance factories of Asia. November 6, 2009

Foam recycling center opens in Washington state

TUMWATER, WASH. (Nov. 6, 1:10 p.m. ET) -- Dart Container Corp., in conjunction with Thurston County Solid Waste, today unveiled a drop-off site for post-consumer polystyrene foam in Tumwater. November 6, 2009

Mexico Coke bottler saving money with lightweight preforms

MEXICO CITY (Nov. 5, 11:35 a.m. ET) -- Coca-Cola FEMSA SA de CV plans to extend the use of its PET short-height bottle finishes from Mexico to all its markets in Latin America within 12 months. The design cuts the weight of the company’s 16-ounce bottles to 20.5 grams, and has saved the bottler about $10 million in PET resin annually. November 5, 2009

Denton's new PET recycling plant in Oregon may be first of many

PORTLAND, ORE. (Nov. 4, 4:35 p.m. ET) -- Dennis Denton sees the new 30-million-pound PET recycling plant that he and two other partners are building in St. Helens, Ore., as the prototype and forerunner of the way plastics will be recycled in the future -- not just the first PET recycling plant in the Pacific Northwest. Long-range, perhaps three years from now, Denton said ORPET plans to form joint ventures and build recycling plants with companies that need recycled PET, such as firms that thermoform clamshell containers. November 4, 2009

Start-up compounder opening in Ohio

LIMA, OHIO (Nov. 3, 3:55 p.m. ET) -- Start-up compounder Planet Friendly Polymers plans to open a plant in Lima by the end of the year. The firm plans to spend $1.3 million on the 50,000-square-foot plant. Some of the plant’s output will be sold on the open market, with the rest going to products marketed by a sister company that sells plastic containers and storage products. November 3, 2009

Engineering resin recycler MRC Polymers wins Illinois green award

CHICAGO (Nov. 2, 3:50 p.m. ET) -- Chicago-based engineering plastics recycler MRC Polymers Inc. recently received the 2009 Governor’s Sustainability Award for recycling millions of pounds of landfill-bound car bumpers. November 2, 2009

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