PLASTIC FANTASTIC

Napcor on Santa's naughty list this Christmas

RECYCLING USA

Collection, recycling rates for PET bottle polymer lag Europe / MIT study touts benefits of deposit and return schemes

USA

PET association Napcor: “We urgently need to forge ahead with recycling” / Collection systems stagnating

RECYCLING USA

Overall volume of recovered plastics slips in 2019 / Non-bottle rigids only category to report growth / NAPCOR/APR study

PET

Over 300 attendees at latest Petcore Europe conference / Agreement that EU's SUP directive focuses too much on plastics

PLASTICS RECYCLING CANADA

Tonnage decreases with challenging two years after China's import ban / "Strong domestic markets for recycling" / CPIA report

PET RECYCLING

US bottle recycling rate reaches 31% in 2013 / Rising demand for rPET / Contamination concerns / NAPCOR/APR study

RECYCLING

US PET water bottle collection rates double over six years / Weights continue to fall / Recycling reaches 680m t in 2010

RECYCLING

US plastic bottle recycling rate up 5% in 2010 at 1.18m t / Higher recovery rates for PET, HDPE and PP resins

PET RECYCLING

SPI and NAPCOR announce grant for PET thermoform recycling programmes

PET

US bottle and jar recycling volume rises to 28% in 2009 / Packaging leads the list / Solutions for thermoforms studied / NAPCOR says poor supply will push recyclate prices higher