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I write about sorting plastic materials and planning recycling operations for more than one waste stream. My articles introduce resin codes and recyclable plastic types, then consider how a plant can handle multiple resins without losing sight of the different process requirements each material brings.
Strand vs Water Ring vs Underwater Pelletizer: Which Cutter Wins for Your Resin?
The best choice of strand vs water ring vs underwater pelletizer is the most significant decision in a polymer compounding or recycling line — all three options yield different pellet shape, average throughput, capital expenditure, and the range of materials…
Hot Wash vs Cold Wash Plastic Recycling: A Decision Guide for Recyclers
Hot wash versus cold wash plastic recycling: the decision that quietly defines the granulate’s quality, cost of operation, and eligibility for the highest-value end-markets. The two appear similar water plus mechanical action the two are poles apart in cost, complexity,…
Food-Grade rPET: FDA, EFSA & Brand Owner Compliance Roadmap
Food grade rPET FDA EFSA regulations are no longer just paper work. As of 12 August 2026, the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR, Reg 2025/40) will be in force within the EU and PET beverage bottles must contain 30%…
Plastic Recycling Plant Cost Guide 2026: CAPEX, OPEX & Hidden
A plastic recycling plant cost guide 2026 has to do more than stand machine prices. Total project budgets range from $150,000 for a small 100-300kg/h pilot line to $2,000,000+ for a full automated 3,000kg/h line and equipment makes up just…
Plastic Squeezing Dryer vs Centrifugal Dryer: Which Cuts Moisture Best?
The choice between a plastic squeezing dryer vs centrifugal dryer is one of the most expensive decisions in a recycling line — and one of the most misunderstood. Pick wrong and you either burn six-figure energy bills evaporating moisture you…
ABS Plastic Recycling: Process, Equipment & Reuse Markets
Recycling of ABS plastics recycles end-of-life automotive interior parts, electronic waste enclosures, and industrial scrap into ABS polymer that is priced at around 50 percent of virgin resin. Although Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene is both mechanically and chemically recyclable, it often…
The Real Recyclable Plastics List: Which Resins Get Recycled (and Which Don’t)
Recyclable plastics are available in seven resin code categories, however only two different types of plastic — #1 PET and #2 HDPE — are recycled on a regular basis by most United States curbside recycling programs. The remaining five (#3…
Plastic Pollution in the Ocean: Sources, Scale & The Recycling Response
Plastic pollution in the ocean has become the visible face of a much larger industrial-waste problem that is, in fact, largely invisible. About 1-2 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean every year – representing a mere 0.5% of…
Circular Economy in Plastics: Closing the Loop with Recycling Technology
A circular economy for plastic is a system-wide redesign of the entire plastics system – so that material is used, not used up – by where we eliminate waste at the design stage, circulate products at their highest value in…
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