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Recycling group to work with grocers on boosting plastics collection

AUSTIN, TEXAS (March 18, 12:01 a.m. ET) -- The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers hopes to boost the recycling of rigid plastics beyond PET and high density polyethylene bottles by working with groceries to identify the obstacles to capturing the huge volumes of material which today is largely untapped. “Large grocery stores are generating roughly 350 million pounds [per year] of material,” said Elizabeth Bedard, director of the APR Rigid Plastics Recycling program. March 18, 2010

Eastman buys plasticizer maker Genovique Specialties

KINGSPORT, TENN. (March 17, 12:55 p.m. ET) — Eastman Chemical Co. is buying specialty plasticizer maker Genovique Specialties for an undisclosed price. Genovique operates manufacturing plants in Chestertown, Md., Kohtla-Jarve, Estonia, and at a joint venture site in Wuhan, China. The firm, owned by private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners of New York, posted sales of about $135 million in 2009. March 17, 2010

Resin suppliers decry biodegradables

MEXICO CITY (March 17, 8:45 a.m. ET) -- Dow Chemical Co.’s director of plastic sales in Mexico has launched a blistering attack on biodegradable technology as a means of fighting plastic waste. Speaking in the name of 11 companies in Mexico that have agreed to promote plastics sustainability, Dow Química Mexicana’s Jorge Barreda said he doubts the biodegradable claims of certain firms. March 17, 2010

Natureworks to offer polymer-grade lactides

MINNETONKA, MINN. (March 17, 12:01 a.m. ET) -- NatureWorks LLC announced March 15 that it plans to sell a range of polymer-grade lactides. NatureWorks plans to make 10,000–20,000 tons of its lactide product portfolio available annually through this new initiative. March 17, 2010

New data shows bag, film recycling stalls

ARLINGTON, VA. (Updated March 18, 5:35 p.m. ET) — The rate of growth for plastic bag and film recycling has virtually ground to a halt. An examination of the data released March 16 by the plastics division of the American Chemistry Council found that the rate of growth in plastic bag and film recycling in 2008 was barely more than 0.25 percent. That’s even lower than in 2007 when the amount of material collected increased by 2.24 percent. March 16, 2010

Parkinson invests in energy savings

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (March 16, 12:01 a.m. ET) -- Plastic web processing maker Parkinson Technologies Inc. is making news for technology and making its headquarters “greener.” March 16, 2010

Stricker PolyRec builds large recycling plant

SCHWERTE-WESTHOFEN, GERMANY (March 16, 12:01 a.m. ET) -- Stricker PolyRec GmbH & Co. KG recently built a large-scale plant for size-reduction, agglomerating and refining waste engineering plastics, and the company picked the plastcompactor concept developed by Herbold Meckesheim GmbH. March 16, 2010

Calif. firm aims to recycle PLA

AUSTIN, TEXAS (March 15, 4:25 p.m. ET) -- While some are concerned that PLA packaging might contaminate the PET recycling stream, Mike Centers plans to develop a market for it. The recycling industry veteran -- who also sells sorting equipment to municipal materials recovery facilities -- has formed Biocor LLC in Concord, Calif., to buy post-consumer and post-industrial PLA and turn it back into lactic acid. March 15, 2010

Growing volume of mislabeled bottles causing problems for PET recyclers

WASHINGTON (March 15, 12:50 p.m. ET) -- Two plastics recycling associations say that brand owners are mislabeling bottles as PET or PET-compatible. Without identifying any specific companies or containers, the recycling groups say their members are seeing an increasing number of mislabeled bottles -- a trend that has the potential to wreak havoc with the recycling stream. March 15, 2010

A123 signs auto battery deal

BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP, MICH. (March 15, 12:40 p.m. ET) -- Advanced battery manufacturer A123 Systems Inc. plans to manufacture advanced lithium ion battery systems for all-electric delivery vehicles at a plant in suburban Detroit scheduled to open later this month. March 15, 2010

UK agency cautious about oxo-degradables

LONDON (March 12, 2:10 p.m. ET) — United Kingdom consumers risk being confused by claims that oxo-degradable plastics are better for the environment, according to a report released by the government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. But one oxo-degradable additive manufacturer said it was “concerned to find that that two of the three assessors of the report are themselves engaged in bio-based plastics.” March 12, 2010

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

OfficeMax introduces reusable shipping bin program

ITASCA, ILL. (March 11, 12:20 p.m. ET) -- Office supply retailer OfficeMax is introducing a new reusable shipping bin program for contract business customers. The Reusable Bin Program, aimed at reducing corrugated box waste, will use durable polypropylene bins for customers in metro areas that order supplies the most often. 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

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