sustainability
Encina and BASF Form Long-Term Partnership for Supply of Circular Raw Materials
The agreement is specifically for chemically recycled circular benzene derived from postconsumer end-of-life plastics
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Sustainable Caps and Closures
Beverage packaging is undergoing a rapid transformation, with sustainability emerging as a powerful market driver. Download a comprehensive guide to explore the latest global trends and the advantages of lightweighting.
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Recycled Content TPEs for Automotive Interior Applications
Avient has expanded its reSound REC portfolio with the addition of AF 7210 grades for applications such as mats, grips and console trays.
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Nova Chemicals Attains FDA Letter for Mechanically Recycled LLDPE
RLLDPE product will be marketed for applications including food packaging.
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Neste, Borealis and Covestro Plan to Make Polycarbonate From Recycled Tires
Companies announced agreement that will use advanced recycling to convert old tires into new PC-suitable for automotive applications.
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Flame-Retardant PP Compounds
Sirmax North America now offers a broad range of these compounds within three key product families
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Biomass-Balanced PBAT for Compounding of Bioplastics for Packaging
Renewable feedstock has replaced fossil feedstock in BASF’s ‘industry-first’ biomass-balanced ecoflex PBAT.
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See Recyclers Close the Loop on Trade Show Production Scrap at NPE2024
A collaboration between show organizer PLASTICS, recycler CPR and size reduction experts WEIMA and Conair recovered and recycled all production scrap at NPE2024.
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Sorting System Identifies Plastics With Spectroscopy
Identification and tracking system was developed to accurately identify plastic fragments in recycling streams.
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Multilayer Solutions to Challenges in Blow Molding with PCR
For extrusion blow molders, challenges of price and availability of postconsumer recycled resins can be addressed with a variety of multilayer technologies, which also offer solutions to issues with color, processability, mechanical properties and chemical migration in PCR materials.
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