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Going the extra mile to recycle film
Once fully operational, Nova Chemicals' Syndigo 1 facility in Connersville, Indiana, will have the capacity to recycle 140 million pounds of LLDPE film per year.
Nova Chemicals commissions Indiana film recycling facility
The facility, Syndigo1, is expected to collect an average of 14,000 bales of plastic film per month to mechanically recycle into Nova’s Syndigo brand of pellets for use in food and nonfood packaging.
Nova film recycling facility receives PCR certification
The company’s Syndigo1 facility in Connersville, Indiana, has an estimated production capacity of more than 100 million pounds of recycled linear low-density polyethylene film per year by 2026.
Recycled resins grow in the heartland
Two recycling facilities recently opened in Indiana that will consume large quantities of plastic scrap and transform them into flake and pellets for use in packaging.
SABIC’s Trucircle PE used for greenhouse roofing
The company partnered with Iyris and Napco to create the roofing solution for Saudi Arabia’s National Food Production Initiative for sustainable farming.
Product Innovations
The latest products for plastics recycling.
Revolution acquires Island Plastics
Michigan-based Island Plastics produces postconsumer LLDPE and LDPE film-grade resin.
Tomra system produces rLDPE in Turkey
Bakcycle Recycling optically sorts and harvests LDPE plastic from flexible packaging at a facility in Izmir, Turkey.
APR upgrades PCR certification program
The organization says its new and improved program will be rolled out in phases, beginning with a new standard developed for plastics reclaimers and recyclers.
Nova Chemicals receives LNO for mechanical recycling process
The company has received the letter from the U.S. FDA confirming the capability of its film recycling process at its facility in Connersville, Indiana, which is set to start up early next year.
