With increased discussion about the need to enhance rigid plastics recycling rates, a host of novel technologies was unveiled at pet strategies that could convert that talk to action. Several technologies emerged at the conference that could yield a bedding for positive change. Robert deardurff, president of phoenix technologies international pti, said his company has already launched lnoc, a novel technology developed by the bowling green, ohbased company that eliminates the meltphase step in recycling by compressing material prior to palletization. The current biggest issue is the demand and supply. The recyclying facility setups are much bigger than required. There is need for setting up smaller recycling facility. This will bring in more gains also. Another achilles heel of pet recycling has been the inability to sort used material into type and grade from contaminated or mixed bundles. The sorting and cleaning of pet in mixed bundles is &ldquo laborintensive, technically challenging, and expensive.&rdquo akron, ohbased polyflow is commercializing a new process that uses a petroleum cracker to take the resin back to its primary building blocks. The system converts the material to feedstocks used in chemicals, gasoline, or diesel fuel.
