sustainability
IHC Launches New Program to Facilitate Global Trade of Recycled Plastic
Scheduled to open for trading in mid-2022.
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Plastic Bank Stops 2 Billion Plastic Bottles from Entering the Ocean
In reaching this milestone, the social enterprise worked with more than 30,000 collectors across the Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil, and Egypt.
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Solvent-Based Recycling: Emerging Technology for Reclaiming & Purifying Polyolefins with Twin-Screw Extruders
Just now being applied commercially, solvent-based recycling turns colored polyolefin waste into clear, clean and even food-grade resin comparable to virgin—all while keeping the polymer structure intact. Specially engineered systems of tandem twin-screw or twin- and single-screw extruders can do the trick.
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Packaging Project Combines Thin Walls, Recycled Content and High Speeds
A collaborative project to produce a 5-liter thin-walled pail brought together Arburg and specialists in mold making, automation, in-mold labeling, material handling and resin supply.
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Service Helps Manufacturers Buy Energy When the Time is Right
Insulating manufacturers from market volatility can pay off big, as one firm can attest.
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Eastman to Invest $1 Billion to Build Plastics Recycling Facility in France
The plant is expected to be operational by 2025.
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New Family of Bioplastics Boast Property Retention as well as Degradability and Recyclability
U.K. and U.S university research team have developed both a stretchable rubber like plastic as well as a tough but ductile one.
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Dow Invests in Recycler Mr. Green Africa
At full scale, the investment is expected to create approximately 200 more direct jobs, impact the lives of 5,000 waste pickers and engage more than 250,000 consumers in separation at source programs.
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Scrap-Reclaim System For Film
Can reprocess 90-110 lb/hr of PE scrap and is fed via a trim basket and/or optional roll feed.
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