Materials & Compounding

What is Cardboard Recycling and How to Recycle Cardboard? Cardboard, also referred to as corrugated cardboard, is a recyclable material that is recycled by small and large scale businesses to save money on waste disposal costs. Cardboard…

Separation and Sorting Technology Innovations in Waste Handling and Recycling Operations If there is one part of the recycling process that is complicated and hard, it is the part of separating and sorting the recyclables. Effective…

The Importance of Wood Recycling in C&D Management Wood Recycling in the Construction Waste Stream Wood waste is the second-largest component of construction and demolition (C&D) debris after concrete. It contributes 20 percent…

A New Way to Tell if That Plastic Bottle or Bag Has Recycled Material In It To encourage more recycling, the U.K. taxes single-use plastic products containing less than 30% recycled material. But aside from a manufacturer's word, there…

Coles, Woolworths-partnered Recycling Giant Denies Program Failed After 'Concerning' Revelations Hundreds of millions of plastic bags dropped off by customers at major supermarkets are being stockpiled in warehouses instead of being…

Recycling To Close Synthetic Fabric Window On Fossil Energy Stakeholders In another bad sign for fossil energy stakeholders, the apparel industry supply chain is focusing more attention on recycling pre-consumer and post-consumer…

Recycle Plastics for a Cleaner Environment and Circular Economy For effective recycling, segregation of plastic material according to their properties or resin material needs to be science-based I happened to visit a grocery store in a…

The Technological Evolution for Gamma Meccanica Lines: New Design, Energy Savings and Smart Solutions for the Recycling of Plastic Materials The new technological evolution began for Italian company Gamma Meccanica S.p.A. that designs and…

Solvay Partners with French Start-Up Ostium in Single-Use Surgical Instruments Material Recycling Value chain collaboration aims to foster a circular ecosystem and reduce the carbon footprint of single-use surgical instruments molded in…

Covestro Launches Production for Vulkollan Raw Materials in Thailand Meeting the growing demand for high performance elastomers Covestro recently started up the production of Naphthylen-Diisocyanate (NDI) for the Vulkollan raw material…