Agilyx, Tigard, Oregon, is looking for polystyrene to recycle. In the first of a video series, John Desmarteau, controls engineer and project engineer for Agilyx, is looking all over Oregon for polystyrene waste to recycle in Agilyx's process. Read More
In this Circular Economy Perspectives Series podcast, Recycling Today Media Group's Kristin Smith talks to Eunice Heath, Dow Chemical Co.'s global director, sustainable markets and professional strategy, on how the Midland, Michigan-based company is employing the concept of the circular economy in its global operations. Read More
Jeff Wooster, global sustainability director, Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, discusses the company's sustainability strategies with Recycling Today Media Group's Kristin Smith. Read More
See inside Vadxx’s Akron, Ohio, pyrolysis facility and find out how it works in an interview with Jeremy DeBenedictis, vice president, operations and engineering. Learn more about Vadxx in the July/August 2015 "Renewable Energy from Waste" cover story, "Becoming a reality." Read More
This video produced by the American Chemistry Council's Plastics-to-Oil Technologies Alliance shows how companies are transforming used, nonrecycled plastics into oil, fuels and petroleum-based products. These plastics-to-fuel technologies which complement ongoing recycling efforts, are being embraced as a way to recover clean energy from plastics... Read More
This video from the American Chemistry Council and the Ohio Chemistry Technology Council highlights ways in which nonrecycled plastics and other forms of waste can be part of the future of energy production in Ohio. Hear from Ohio companies, Vadxx, RES Polyflow, and Vexor that are already harnessing energy from various forms of waste. Read More
A recent study conducted by the University of Texas at Austin and the American Chemistry Council confirms the viability of using non-recycled plastics as a fuel source, say the two organizations. See how non-recycled materials were utilized in this video and read the article "From Trash to Treasure" in the Fall 2012 issue of <i>Renewable Energy... Read More
