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Feb 5, 20242 min read
NJ Shopping Bag Ban Boosts Plastics Consumption
On a recent trip back home to Auckland, New Zealand, I was stunned by two things: the complete absence of single-use shopping bags and...


Feb 5, 20242 min read
Microparticles From Road Tires are “High Concern” Pollutants, Research Shows
The word is starting to get out. Plastic microparticles released into the environment from common road tires should be treated as a “high...


Feb 1, 20242 min read
MLT Analytics Report—New Solar Cell Technologies Accelerate a Transformational Shift in Encapsulant Sheet Adoption
Fast-emerging TOPCon cell structure promotes shift to POE encapsulant. High cost of POE pushes sheet makers to innovate with multilayer...


Jan 16, 20242 min read
Plastics added $250 billion to U.S. health costs in 2018?
In 2018 global plastics production was valued at $712 billion according to Statistica. Let's conservatively assume that the U.S....


Jan 12, 20242 min read
Lummus Invests in Microwave Assisted Pyrolysis Technology
Lummus Technology has announced a major investment in Resynergi to scale production of the latter's modular Continuous Microwave Assisted...


Jan 3, 20242 min read
Baby Bottles are Bio-based
LyondellBasell and Pigeon Singapore – a market leader producing high-quality mother and baby care products for Southeast Asia, Middle...


Dec 14, 20231 min read
Gunze "Launches Eco-friendly" PS/PET Composite Shrink Film
Japanese packaging concern Gunze has debuted what's described as a an eco-friendly lightweight shrink film for automatic sleeve...


Dec 12, 20232 min read
World's First Net-zero Emissions Ethylene Complex Gets Green Light
Brownfield investment in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, will be the world's first net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions ethylene and derivatives...


Nov 21, 20231 min read
R&D Project Targets EVA Recycling
Braskem America, together with footwear brands adidas and Allbirds, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), are teaming up to to...


Nov 21, 20232 min read
LyondellBasell to Build Industrial-scale Advanced Recycling Plant in Germany
LyondellBasell (LYB) has made the final investment decision to build the company's first industrial-scale catalytic advanced recycling...


Nov 14, 20232 min read
Hundreds of Toxic Chemicals in Recycled Plastics?
Delegates, scientists and health and environmental advocates from around the world have traveling to Nairobi, Kenya for this week’s...


Nov 10, 20232 min read
Lummus, Citroniq Announce Licensing and Engineering Agreements for Green PP Plants
Agreements highlight Lummus and Citroniq's progress in meeting surging demand for sustainable polypropylene Lummus Technology and...


Nov 7, 20232 min read
SK Geo Centric Plans Second Pyrolysis Plant
SK Geo Centric is joining forces with Plastic Energy, the UK-based plastic pyrolysis specialist, to construct a waste plastic pyrolysis...

Nov 1, 20232 min read
NGOs: Chemical Recycling is NOT the Answer
A recent report by Plastics Europe paints a scenario where by 2050, making plastics using chemical recycled feedstocks will be a more...


Nov 1, 20232 min read
The Circular Future of Polymer Production in Europe
At the recent Global Plastics Summit that we attended in Bangkok, there were calls from NGOs and governmental bureaucrats to...

Oct 26, 20231 min read
Sumitomo Chemical to Trial Ethanol to Propylene Technology
Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical has begun construction of a pilot facility to trial production of propylene directly from ethanol, which is...


Oct 19, 20232 min read
SK chemicals Stores Music on Chemically Recycled PET
Global record producer Sonopress has developed the EcoRecord with “circular recycled PET” Replacing PVC, the “circularly recycled” PET...


Oct 12, 20232 min read
Poultry Feathers Fly in Foams for Hydroponic Crop Systems
AIMPLAS is investigating the development of new foams made with poultry feathers for sustainable hydroponic crop systems within the...


Oct 2, 20232 min read
World’s First Injection Molding Machine for Fiber-based Products Debuts
Pulpac, developer of a process for molding dry fibers derived from pulp into packaging and disposable applications such as hot and cold...


Sep 28, 20232 min read
T-Plas Hosts Inaugural Circularity and Sustainability Seminar
Renowned industry experts convened at T-Plas for the inaugural Circular Economy and Sustainable Challenges for Southeast Asian Markets...
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