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Nissei ASB to spend $50 million for new India factory, eyes global tech centers

GANDHINAGAR, INDIA — Japanese blow molding equipment maker Nissei ASB Machine Co. Ltd. plans to spend $50 million on a new factory in India, to turn it into a larger export base and meet local demand.

Dropping oil price boosts China's recycling effort, with scrap plastic industry feeling the pinch

While environment and workplace campaigners have raised concerns about the recycling industry, it seems the high oil price may be more effective in slowing the trade.

The price of making a plastic bottle

Plastic bottles are ubiquitous but the cost of producing them varies dramatically around the world, thanks mainly to differences in raw-material costs and energy prices. The main type of plastic used, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), is made from naphtha, an oil derivative, which can be partly substituted with ethane, a natural-gas derivative. Very little ethane is traded internationally, so only places where natural gas is cheap and abundant use it to make PET. Because of its shale-gas boom, these now include America as well as the Middle East. Europe and Asia rely only on expensive naphtha. In these places the higher cost of fuel and electricity also push up production costs for plastic bottles.

New plastic recycling technology works without water

There's a reason that the three Rs go in this order: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. To truly reduce your environmental impact, recycling should be the last step after you've exhausted the other two options.

PET recycling hits a new US record

Recycling of post-consumer PET bottles increased by 80 million pounds in the U.S. last year, a slight increase that pushed the recycling rate to 31.2 percent.

Water bottles leach endocrine disrupters and carcinogens in warm temperatures

(NaturalNews)The maintenance of water levels is necessary to avoid dehydration and critical for the survival of human life.

PET brought the water bottle revolution

The single-serve plastic water bottle is ubiquitous in today’s culture.

What Do Recycling Symbols on Plastics Mean?

Sometimes it seems like modern America is one colossal plastic palace. The versatile material is in our cars, toys, packaging, clothing, home goods, food utensils, medical devices and so much more. It is also littering our streets, clogging our waterways and choking marine life. Many plastics can be readily recycled, but how do consumers make sense of all the different types and rules?

Plastics by the Numbers

The well-recognized “chasing arrows” symbol we see on plastic containers and products does not mean the product is recyclable. The little number inside the triangle tells the real story.