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Want to learn more about PET Thermoform Recycling?💡 See below a Resource Recycling, Inc. article written by Charles David Mathieu-Poulin, Strategic Advisor, summarizing a study conducted this Spring by the GAPC. This research project tested the ability of PET reclaimers to process different thresholds of PET thermoforms and documented the impact on both process efficiency and output quality. Sneak peek: it's more feasible than we thought! 👀

4 benefits of PET Flakes Eco-Friendly Advantage: Recycled PET flakes reduce environmental impact. They're a sustainable alternative to new materials. Cost-Effective Solution: Using recycled PET saves money. Cut costs without compromising quality. Versatile Applications: PET flakes are ideal for various industries. From packaging to textiles, the uses are endless. Meet Global Standards: Our PET flakes comply with international quality standards, ensuring high performance products. In today's competitive landscape, sustainability isn't just a preference—it's a necessity. At SLA Commodities Ltd, we're transforming challenges into opportunities with PET flakes, elevating both eco-responsibility and cost-efficiency. By choosing recycled PET, you're not only saving costs but also contributing to a significant reduction in environmental impact. With versatile applications spanning industries from packaging to textiles, our products meet rigorous global standards, ensuring exceptional quality. As we spearhead a sustainable future, our expertise in export management and brokerage positions us uniquely to guide Nigerian agro-producers towards international acclaim. Let us help you turn potential into realized success. Want to know more? Visit our website or call us at +2347036268000. Let's make a sustainable future together!

How to drive a circular economy for the ubiquitous PET plastic beverage bottle? ♻️ A new #MIT study finds that the national PET botle recycling rate in the US, which has remained stagnant at about 24% for a decade could jump to 82% with a nationwide bottle bill or deposit return scheme (DRS). ♻️ The MIT team evaluated PET bottle collection and recycling rates in US states as well as EU and other countries with and without bottle deposit policies, and with or without curbside recycling programs, and the inputs and outputs of various recycling companies. ♻️ The researchers estimate that with stable demand, a nationwide PET bottle recycling system could achieve 65% bottle-to-bottle circularity, at a net cost of 360 USD/tonne of PET recycled. At the same time, recycled content standards and other public policies would be needed to ensure sufficient demand for the rPET product. #PET #recycling #endplasticpollution #circulareconomy #bottletobottle

Did you know that BEWI Circular's facility in Portugal is leading the way in recycling used fish boxes? 🐠♻️ Every day, thousands of used fish boxes from supermarkets, fish markets, fish production plants, and EPS packaging from logistic centers are collected by our efficient collection system. But here's the exciting part! The collected used EPS (expanded polystyrene) material doesn't go to waste. Instead, it undergoes a remarkable transformation into high-quality rGPPS (recycled general purpose polystyrene). And that's not all! The rGPPS is then used as a raw material for EPS packaging production at BEWI Plastimar. By closing the loop and providing 100% recycled material, we are making a significant contribution to a more sustainable future. Join us in celebrating this innovative approach to recycling and sustainability! Together, we can create a world where every box has a second life. 🌎📦♻️ #bewicircular #bewiplastimar #sustainablepackaging #epspackaging #fishboxes #fishindustry #circulareconomy #epsrecycling  #bettereveryday

From tulip nets to recycled Coca-Cola crates, the Dutch path to sustainable packaging The Dutch are heavily involved in farming and fishing, and as tulip nets, ropes, and other plastic materials reach the end of their life, they start a new recycling value chain. The Coca-Cola Company has seen the opportunity to partner with Maastricht-based recycler healix.eco to enhance the #sustainability performance of its #packaging glass bottle lines by using crates made with recycled materials. Healix’s plant has an annual capacity of 6,000 tons of polypropylene (PP) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Its branded line of recycled polymers, called Healix, includes PP pellets made from baler twine, maritime ropes, and big bags, as well as HDPE pellets from fishing nets and tulip nets. Producing crates with 97% recycled material saves an estimated 64% of CO2 emissions compared to crates made from virgin plastic, according to a cradle-to-gate LCA analysis of the project. Coca-Cola said it will replace the country’s entire fleet of crates 'step by step' with the new recycled plastic ones. #Circularity requires integrated end-to-end partnership and … human ingenuity. 

It’s Global Recycling Day – a perfect date to introduce our latest video featuring our recycling partner Martogg & Company. Martogg have been manufacturing recycled plastics since 1975 and have been one of our recycling partners since January 2023. When limits on offshore exports of recycled PET came into place in 2018, Martogg seized the opportunity to invest locally and recognise the potential of Australian recycling resources. Using PET containers from Containers for Change, Martogg make high-grade purified PET flake that can be used to make food safe products such as more bottles and packaging like peanut butter jars and food trays. Watch the video to find out more about Martogg Industries' dedication to maximising recycling potential within Australia and reducing our reliance on imported recycled material or, even worse, virgin PET. We’re proud to be working with industry innovators like Martogg to help build Australia’s remanufacturing industry. Austen Ramage Heath Boucher #MeetTheRecycler #containerexchange #COEX #circulareconomy #sustainability #martoggindustries #petrecyling #PET #globalrecyclingday

This is a great example of what is happening in Container Deposit Scheme's #CDS across Australia. Making sure containers displaying the 10 cent refund mark enter these Scheme's gives every Australian an EASY way to make a POSITIVE IMPACT against #climatechange and protecting our oceans. #sustainability #betterfuture #forourplanet #rightmove #circulareconomy #circularity #recycling

Follow my Plastic-Free New Jersey page on Instagram that I've been running for 8 years now on how to live a plastic-free life in a plastic-filled world, through an environmental and social justice worldview. Today's post? Seed starting indoors with upcycled materials. #foodsovereignty #climatejustice #growyourownfood #mindfulliving #greenliving #environmentaljustice

With the new Kerbside standardisation collection now if effect, only those plastic packaging items marked #1, #2 & #5 can go in your recycling bins. Lids off and make sure items are rinsed and clean! No film (Soft Plastics) items. Contamination is one of the biggest items that prevents these valuable materials from being recycled and remaining in the circular economy for reuse. #Plastic #kerbsiderecycling #reduce #reuse #recycle

Australia can turn waste into road strength! This video explores using recycled plastics in road construction. The project by WARRIP and NACOE investigated using recycled plastics in asphalt, geosynthetics, and even traffic cones. Recycled plastics in asphalt show promise for some applications, in place of conventional materials. Initial environmental, health and safety studies appear promising, and the research indicates a potential solution for plastic waste in road infrastructure. Watch the full video here and visit the WARRIP website to stay tuned for further research www.warrip.com.au