Recycled high density polyethylene pellets prices have been on the rise entering in the first quarter of 2025, thanks in part to increased demand from the packaging sector. According to sources in ...
Austrian firm Alpla has set its sights on food-grade HDPE recycling with a new pilot plant in Heerenveen, the Netherlands.
Let’s cut to the chase—plastic waste management may be on everyone’s mind, but disparate initiatives are falling woefully short. In 2010, between 5 million and 13 million metric tons of plastic waste ...
In this video, we demonstrate how to create a chopping board from recycled milk bottle tops and other HDPE plastic, featuring a juice groove. Due to the low melting temperature of HDPE, this board ...
ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) is  now evaluating a patented solvent-based process for food-safe HDPE recycled material at a pilot plant in Heerenveen, the ...
Chemists at Argonne National Laboratory in DuPage County have worked out a new way to recycle certain plastics infinitely, a discovery that could change the way we recycle containers like those used ...
Greenstar WES, based in the U.K., reports that it hit new production records in December, producing nearly 700 metric tons of food-grade recycled HDPE plastic flake, taking its 2009 production total ...
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Recycled high density polyethylene pellet prices decreased in the second quarter of 2025 — typically a time of year when sources expect an increase. Multiple factors, including slumping construction ...
Based on a recent Association of Post-Consumer Plastic Recyclers report, roughly 974,000,000 pounds of HDPE were reused in 2011. 1 As a result, recycled HDPE has become a key raw material for many ...
NEW YORK, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Global Platts, the leading independent provider of information and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets, today launched six new daily ...