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Recycling plant to help AERT control costs

SPRINGDALE, ARK. (March 11, 4:50 p.m. ET) -- Composite building materials manufacturer Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. will more than double its plastic recycling capacity when its new $13 million plant in Watts, Okla., starts operating 24/7 in the next two to four weeks. March 11, 2010

Pallet maker Greystone forms recycling division

TULSA, OKLA. (March 11, 3:45 p.m. ET) -- Greystone Logistics Inc., which already recycles plastics into feedstock for its pallets that are made from 100 percent recycled content, has formed a recycling division at its manufacturing complex in Bettendorf, Iowa, to sell recycled pellets to other manufacturers. March 11, 2010

IBM and Stanford tout catalysts for creating recyclable, biodegradable polymers

ALMADEN, CALIF. (March 11, 12:15 p.m. ET) -- IBM and Stanford University researchers claim they have developed catalyst technology that could lead to new polymers and methods of recycling plastics. New types of biodegradable, biocompatible polymers are possible with the organocatalysis technology, according to the researchers. It could boost sustainability efforts in markets as diverse as healthcare and microelectronics. March 11, 2010

MBA Polymers moving toward being a global recycler

ORLANDO, FLA. (March 11, 9:50 a.m. ET) -- MBA Polymers Inc. is working on becoming a global supplier of post-consumer plastics made from durable goods. The company will take a big step toward that goal later this year, when it opens a major new plastics recovery plant in Worksop, England. March 11, 2010

Calif. budgets funding for bottle recycling centers

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (March 10, 1:25 p.m. ET) -- It is only a stop-gap measure. But at least temporarily, the state of California will again pay the full amount of handling and processing fees to recycling centers that redeem bottles. The bill, signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on March 8, restores, through the end of June, funding to pay those fees. March 10, 2010

Italian equipment maker CMG opens US demonstration center

CRANSTON, R.I. (March 5, 10:50 a.m. ET) -- Highlighting its granulators and single-shaft shredders, CMG SpA of Bologna, Italy, recently opened a new distribution and technical demonstration center in Rhode Island to serve its North American customers. March 5, 2010

Two certification standards aim to curb waste exports

SEATTLE (March 5, 10:30 a.m. ET) -- Two competing certification standards are hoping to prevent the export of electronic waste to third-world countries, where it is sometimes processed using unsafe and environmentally hazardous methods. March 5, 2010

Report shows improvement in some recycling, but not enough

ARLINGTON, VA. (Updated March 5, 10:10 a.m. ET) -- The number of pounds of non-bottle rigid plastics recycled in the U.S. in 2008 increased by slightly more than 35 million pounds over the previous year, and a majority of that was reprocessed in North America, in sharp contrast to 2007 when much of the material was exported. March 3, 2010

Fact, not fad: Marketing proves 'green' sells

ORLANDO, FLA. (March 2, 1:15 p.m. ET) — The fad of 'green' building is quickly becoming just the natural way to build, according to experts at Fencetech, held Feb. 17-19 in Orlando. By 2013 it will be a $140 billion market, split evenly between residential and non-residential. March 2, 2010

Flooring networks partner to increase carpet recycling

DALTON, GA. (March 1, 1:40 p.m. ET) -- Two flooring business networks are collaborating to increase the recycling of used carpet removed from homes and businesses. ReSource Commercial Flooring Network members are now part of the Carpet America Recovery Effort's Aligned Dealer program. CARE is a Dalton-based nonprofit group formed to divert and reuse post-consumer carpet. March 1, 2010

Laird helping to recycle at Vancouver Olympics

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (Feb. 26, 11:30 a.m. ET) -- Plastics distributor Laird Plastics Inc. will help reduce plastic waste resulting from the Olympic Games in Vancouver. February 26, 2010

AERT starts operations at plastics recycling site in Okla.

SPRINGDALE, ARK. (Feb. 26, 11:15 a.m. ET) -- A new plastics recycling facility near Watts, Okla., is starting operations, Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. said. The AERT site received final approval from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality to start production, and an initial run took place Feb. 25. February 26, 2010

Dart Container opens PS recycling facility in N.C.

MASON, MICH. (Feb. 26, 11:10 a.m. ET) -- Dart Container Corp. of North Carolina has opened a new polystyrene foam recycling facility in Randleman, N.C. February 26, 2010

Ohio's Composite Technologies to open second plant

DAYTON, OHIO (Feb. 26, 9:35 a.m. ET) -- Composite Technologies Co. LLC has launched a $3 million expansion to open a second manufacturing operation in Dayton -- with plans to buy injection molding equipment and compounding lines -- as the company expands its business of molding pallets and selling resin from recycled plastics. February 26, 2010

Chinese PP recycler filing IPO in Australia

QUANZHOU, CHINA (Feb. 25, 11:25 a.m. ET) -- One of China’s largest makers of polypropylene filament yarns wants to use a stock offering in Australia to expand its business using recycled PP feedstock, believing a focus on green materials gives a cost advantage and better meets rising demand for eco-products. February 25, 2010

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