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4 News News from the global plastics recycling industry, including: Fortum considers divestment of Circular Solutions businesses; Republic Services and Ravago form US joint venture Blue Polymers; Covestro pilots new process for PC recycling; UK plastics packaging tax one year on
13 Innovation in plastics sorting techniques NIR and robotic sorting technologies are raising the yield from mixed material streams, while a new process using Raman spectroscopy is targeting black plastic waste. By Mikell Knights. COVER PHOTO: TOMRA
29 Getting to grips with PO packaging waste Improving the recycling of rigid polyolefin packaging is the target for a number of groups and projects. Chris Saunders reports on recent developments.
37 More than just size reduction Granulator groups are developing larger machines, combination technologies and energy-efficient models in response to the changing recycling environment. Chris Saunders reports on new trends and products.
48 Diary
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