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Automotive suppliers produce some of the most varied plastic scrap in manufacturing. Here is how to match each stream to the right size-reduction equipment. The

Seven common causes of dusty regrind, how to tell which one you have, and what to fix first. Good regrind looks a lot like the

Your granulator will tell you when its knives are going. Here is what to listen and look for, and how to decide between sharpening and

Buy a great shredder and a great granulator that were never sized to each other, and you get a bottleneck instead of a line. Here

The first machine a bale meets sets the pace for everything after it. A practical look at primary size reduction for Plastics Recycling World Expo

Compounders sell consistency. The scrap a compounding line throws off is anything but consistent, which is exactly why it deserves a plan. Written for Compounding

Four expos, one show floor, two days. Here is who you will meet in Exhibit Halls A to C, the scrap each group brings with

Roughly a quarter to a third of electronic waste is plastic. But mixed resins, pigments, and legacy flame retardants mean you cannot just shred a

Mulch film, silage wrap, and greenhouse sheeting come off the field damp, gritty, and hiding soil, stones, and metal. That is why farm plastic defeats

Five states now mandate recycled content in packaging, and brand owners are chasing the same material. If you make plastic parts, the scrap in your