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Plastics treaty talks set to begin sixth phase
Familiar roadblocks remain as negotiators descend on Geneva for INC-5.2.
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Republic adds electric trucks, new landfill gas projects in 2024
On the recycling front, the company says it diverted 6.5 million tons of materials from landfills last year and processed 4.5 million tons in its own facilities.
Coperion, Herbold bringing plastic recycling technologies to K Show
Equipment the companies will show at the October event in Germany include a filtration compounder, mechanical dryer, granulator and more.
Vanden launches catalogue for recycled PET resins, flake
The company says its catalogue offers “comprehensive and technically validated” selections of food-grade and industrial rPET.
ARA, Bernegger, GreenDot plan plastic recycling facility investment
The TriPlast sorting plant in Austria will receive an investment of 35 million euros that will help it process 41,000 additional tons per year.
New economic assessment reveals cost benefits of California’s SB 54
California’s packaging EPR bill could deliver $32 billion in net benefits, according to a new economic assessment.
WireCycle adds head of operations
Eric Olsson will lead WireCycle’s mission to recover value from difficult-to-recycle plastics.
AmSty releases 2025 sustainability report
The company highlights sales of its PolyRenew brand of styrene sourced from postuse feedstocks, as well as its efforts to help form the Polystyrene Recycling Alliance.
Updated: 30 Under 30 awards return, nominations open
The nomination deadline for the second annual "Recycling Today" and ReMA 30 Under 30 awards has been extended to July 31.
Kreyenborg’s IR-Clean Technology decontaminates PET flake
The technology received a positive “Scientific Opinion” from the European Food Safety Authority.
Stadler equips mixed waste sorting plant in Sweden
The global equipment provider says its sorting technology installed in Stockholm can process 50 tons of municipal solid waste per hour.