We’ve always heard that thermoset resins can’t be recycled like thermoplastics. But Randy Lewis doesn’t buy that. “There’s no such thing as non-recyclable. Everything can be recycled,” he told PlasticsToday . Lewis has his own consulting firm, P.R. Lewis Consulting (Charlotte, NC), and is a 50%...

At the Plastics Recycling Expo (PRE), a conference dedicated specifically for plastics recycling professionals, held last week in Telford, United Kingdom, two-thirds of plastics recyclers voted against Brexit via an innovative platform that highlighted the importance of recycling. Recoup (...

Integral Technologies Inc., an emerging lightweighting leader based in Bellingham, WA, and its wholly owned subsidiary ElectriPlast Corp. (Canton, MI) recently announced that Advanced Battery Concepts (ABC; Clare, MI), an industry-recognized technology developer of large format bi-polar batteries,...

RPC Group (Rushden, Northamptonshire, UK) has agreed to purchase plastic film recycling and manufacturing company British Polythene Industries (BPI; Greenock, Scotland) in a cash-and-stock deal for £261 million ($379 million). The rigid plastics packaging firm said it looks to strengthen its...