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            <title><![CDATA[Siemens Industrial Edge platform brings digitalization capabilities to AMUT’s plastic recycling systems]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:49:50 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[As the plastics industry faces growing pressure to enhance sustainability, improve operational efficiency, and drive innovation, AMUT has embraced digital transformation to deliver tangible value to customers and strengthen its competitive position in the global market. &nbsp;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[APR simplifies assessment for plastic packaging recyclability with new tool]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:45:21 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) has officially launched the APR Design Assessment Tool, powered by Recyda. The new digital platform helps companies quickly and accurately assess the technical recyclability of plastic packaging and packaging portfolios. Early access is now available exclusively to APR members, with public availability expected in late September.&nbsp;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Commercial flexible film recycling programs begin proof of concept in California]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:49:31 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Flexible Film Recycling Alliance (FFRA), a national organization dedicated to advancing the recovery and recycling of plastic film and flexible packaging, has announced the launch of two first-of-their-kind commercial recycling pilot programs in California.
Commercial plastic film recycling pilot programs source clean materials&nbsp;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Post-consumer plastic recovery tops 5.1 billion pounds in U.S., per 2024 study]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:17:54 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A recent study found that the U.S. topped 5.1 billion pounds of post-consumer plastic recovered for recycling in 2024, marking an increase of 114.9 million pounds from the previous reporting period in 2022.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[APR’s third-party verification for recycled content claims strengthens confidence]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:14:52 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) has expanded its PCR Certification Program to certify the presence and verify the percentage of post-consumer recycled (PCR) content in finished and semi-finished plastic products.&nbsp;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[New initiative aims to scale small-format plastics recovery solutions]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:28:40 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Through current waste streams and recycling systems, billions of small-format plastics still wind up in landfills each year. But with all the additional support for capturing recyclable materials, what's causing this discrepancy?&nbsp;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Plastic and rubber industry urges recyclables to be used as strategic raw materials]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:42:02 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Recycled plastics should be recognized "as a strategic, sustainable raw material" that creates a more resilient economy, not "a temporary solution when virgin materials become expensive", BIR Plastics Division President Henk Alssema of Netherlands-based Inviplast BV told delegates at the world organisation's first joint meeting between its Plastics Division and its Tyres &amp; Rubber Committee.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The current state of polystyrene circularity in North America]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:55:12 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA) has recently issued a comprehensive report documenting the current state of recycling infrastructure, technologies, and end markets for both expanded polystyrene (EPS) transport packaging and rigid polystyrene (HIPS/GPPS) packaging across North America.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[New APR alliance promotes best practices across Mexico’s plastics value chain]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 18:06:34 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) and the National Association of Plastics Industries in Mexico (ANIPAC) signed a collaboration agreement to strengthen plastics recyclability, promote international design guidelines, and support the development of a stronger circular economy in Mexico.
From design to reintegration, APR will support Mexico's plastics value chain&nbsp;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Inside the process of recycling ocean plastics, fishing gear, and marine debris]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 14:58:32 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Picture a buoy that has been drifting in the Pacific Ocean for 40 years. It left a fishing vessel on the other side of the world sometime in the 1980s, rode the currents across the ocean, weathered decades of UV radiation, saltwater, and barnacles, and finally washed up on a beach on the coast of British Columbia, Canada, its origin and composition mostly a mystery.
Many recyclers wouldn't touch it, but Ocean Legacy specializes in what few others do: recovering plastic ocean pollution &mdash; abandoned buoys, nets, and ropes that accumulate on coastlines &mdash; and engineering it back into something useful. It's the kind of waste that most facilities turn away, but Ocean Legacy's Steveston Harbour location is built for exactly that.
Everything, everywhere, all at once
What's immediately apparent about Ocean Legacy's model is its scope. Material arrives from three streams simultaneously: a network of seven Ocean Plastic Depots built alongside landfill sites so communities have a natural drop-off point; directly from the fishing and aquaculture industry, whose end-of-life gear would otherwise have few options beyond the landfill; and the organization's own cleanup crews, who go out on boats to recover debris directly.
"We get reported to from a wide variety of sources," says Josh McLean, director of product and business development at Ocean Legacy. "We have connections with BC Ferries, Western Canada Marine Response Corporation, and we've got our own geographic information system folks who are combing satellite images. We've got a whole reporting system online as well, so between all of those, you can get a good idea of where there's buildup and accumulation."
McLean notes that over a decade of operational experience has also given the team an intuitive map of the coastline, as certain areas consistently accumulate debris year after year. That knowledge has become an asset in itself, complementing the satellite data and reporting networks.&nbsp;]]></description>
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