Plastic Archive
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A Two Million Dollar Challenge
Posted on June 7, 2017 | No CommentsWould you like the chance to win one of two million dollar prizes, while also saving the planet? Enter the New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize. Open to “innovators, designers, scientists […] -
The Precarious State of Plastic Recycling
Posted on June 7, 2017 | No CommentsThe past few years have shown the plastic recycling market to be volatile. This can be said of the entire recycled materials market over time, but the recovered plastic market […] -
Understanding Plastic Grades
Posted on January 27, 2017 | No CommentsAt American Recycling Company, we handle many grades of industrial, post-industrial, and pre-consumer plastics. At the time of publication, we also take stretch films, shrink wraps, clean agricultural film, PET […] -
ISRI Releases New Plastics Specifications
Posted on September 27, 2011 | No CommentsNew Plastics Specifications to Modernize, Standardize and Streamline Plastics Buying and Selling. The new specifications were approved by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.(ISRI) Board of Directors. ISRI’s plastic […] -
Plastic Container Processing
Posted on January 27, 2011 | No CommentsRecycling Modesto’s Waste Plastic American Recycling accepts a diverse variety of plastic containers, whether compacted or unprocessed, palletized or loose. We accept several resin types, and are constantly searching for […] -
How Plastics Are Made
Posted on January 9, 2011 | No CommentsPlastics are polymers. The most simple definition of a polymer is something made up of many units. Polymers are chains of molecules. Each link of the chain is usually made […] -
Operation Clean Sweep
Posted on January 1, 2011 | No CommentsOperation Clean Sweep © is a joint program between The Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and The Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) with a seemingly simple […]