Austrian company Starlinger viscotec has received FDA approval for its deCON decontamination dryer to make food-grade flakes from post-consumer recycled HDPE (high density polyethylene) milk bottles.

At IRPC, Sudipto Chakraborty, Technology Manager for Advanced Plastic Pyrolysis Technology at Lummus Technology, presented groundbreaking advancements in scaling pyrolysis for chemical recycling of ...

LyondellBasell has reached final investment decision to build a grassroots high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plant at the US Gulf Coast. Scheduled for startup in 2019, the proposed 1.1 billion-lb/year ...

A collaboration between major oral care manufacturers and WRAP has eliminated contamination from 252 million toothpaste tubes ...

The Yellow Jacket counter-rotating conical twin-screw extruder was developed for processing powdered PVC and HDPE and other plastics for lab, research, and small-production applications. The conical ...

Sasol Ltd.-owned Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC and Ineos Europe AG-subsidiary Ineos Olefins & Polymers USA have reached final investment decision to form a joint venture to build a high-density ...

Debris from the screen plates was examined under an optical microscope. The contamination was found to be particulate in nature and had a glossy polymeric appearance. Figure 1. Contamination found on ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has suspended the implementation of the definitive general safeguard measure on imports of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pellets and ...

TORONTO (Oct. 10, 9:30 a.m. ET) — For the second straight year, post-consumer high density polyethylene recycling has remained stagnant. The North American recycling rate for HDPE remained at 29.9 ...