Film recycling infrastructure not used to its full potential

By Mike Verespej

April 13, 2012

APR and ACC from Flexible Film Recycling Groups.

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Plastics Recycling Update:

Pursuing the Perfect Degradable Additive

By Dave Cornell, APR Technical Director

"If money, time, and know-how were no object, what would it take to design a degradable additive that integrates seamlessly with plastics recycling? A closer examination of this ideal product highlights many of the problems facing moden biodegradable additives."

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Battleboro Reformer:

Caps On. Caps Off.

February 20, 2012

By Cindy Sterling Clark

"Help recyclers reduce the environmental impact of packaging, keep caps on!"

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AmericanRecycler.com:

Postconsumer plastics group identifies non-bottle plastic recycling potential

March 2012

The Association of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers (APR) has recently completed a study that identifies key components of non-bottle rigid plastic available for recycling. The findings of the study, resulting from the most comprehensive bale sort survey known to date, will be used by APR to recommend guidelines designed to boost recovery of rigid non-bottle containers.

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Click here to view the APR Press Releaes about this report.

Click here to read the Executive Summary of the Bale Sort.

The full 77 page study is available to purchase from the APR. It contains a breakout of each type of bale, sorted by product and resin categories and shows average percentage of each category in the bale as well as data from two specific bales sorted. In addition, Appendix’ includes detailed sort data broken down both by bale type/product category and by bale type/ resin. Report also includes information on five additional bale types which were sorted – Colored HDPE bottles with Olefin containers, Mixed PP, Mixed HDPE, All Rigid with Film, and Residual.

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