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Sep 12, 20231 min read

Neste to Enable bio-based PET Bottles Production

Neste has entered into a partnership with beverage manufacturer Suntory, petrochemicals player ENEOS and and trading house Mitsubishi...

Aug 24, 20231 min read

DuPont Completes Transition Away from Polymer Production

DuPont has agreed to divest an 80.1% share in the Delrin polyacetal (POM) homopolymer business to private equity company TJC LP. The is...

Aug 18, 20232 min read

Verde Bioresin Gears up for Biodegradable Polyethylene Production

Renewables-based biodegradable plastics developer Verde Bioresin is a step closer to NASDAQ listing via a special purpose acquisition...

Aug 18, 20232 min read

Braskem, SCG Confirm Thai Bio-based Polyethylene Project

The companies join forces to advance in a bio-based ethylene project that will deliver feedstock for the production of 200,000...

Aug 14, 20232 min read

Indonesia Welcomes Indo Pacific Circular Plastics Summit 2023 in October

Mark you calendars for October 26-27, 2023, when the Holiday Inn Jakarta Kemayoran, Indonesia, will welcome the Indo Pacific Circular...

May 4, 20232 min read

INEOS Claims World First with 50% Recycled Content Flexible Packaging Film

INEOS has claimed a world first, producing ultra-thin, rigid film used for recyclable flexible packaging products made from more than...

Apr 26, 20232 min read

Citroniq Opts for Lummus Tech for Green PP Project

Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, and Citroniq Chemicals, a world-scale...

Jan 26, 20232 min read

Braskem Taps Nexus Circular for Chemically-recycled Feedstocks

Nexus Circular and Braskem have signed a 10-year definitive commercial agreement for the supply of circular feedstocks from a new...

Jan 4, 20232 min read

Bio-based Polyolefin Market Set for Stellar Growth Over Next Decade

· Polymer producer sustainability targets coupled with brand owner and consumer preferences will drive increased consumption of...

Dec 7, 20223 min read

Global Bioplastics Production to Exceed 2.2m Tonnes This Year

After a stagnation in overall plastics production in 2020, mainly due to challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, there is now a new...

Nov 21, 20221 min read

The challenge of raising recycling rates in the U.S.

It took me a little while to get my head around this McKinsey graphic but what it is saying is that typically in the U.S. post-use...

Oct 4, 20221 min read

McDonald's Japan Dispenses with Plastic Cutlery

McDonald's Japan will adopt paper straws and wooden utensils at all locations starting October 7, a move that the fast-food chain expects...

Sep 15, 20223 min read

Dow, Mura Technology to Construct Europe's Largest Advanced Recycling Facility in Germany

· Facility expected to be the largest of its kind to date in Europe, and the first of its kind in Germany · Part of a goal for...

Aug 30, 20221 min read

Mitsui Chemicals to Build New Tafmer POE Plant in Singapore

Back in the day, when the main market for polyolefin elastomers (POEs) was impact modification of polypropylene automotive compounds,...

Aug 3, 20222 min read

Recyclable Paper Packaging Gives Window to Premium Pasta

We don’t always agree with claims about the superiority, recyclability and reduced environmental burden of paper-based packaging...

Jul 15, 20222 min read

EU Innovation Fund Bankrolls Neste Advanced Recycling Project in Porvoo

Neste has received a positive grant decision for up to €135 million from the EU Innovation Fund for the its project to establish chemical...

Jun 10, 20221 min read

MOST A&I India LDPE/EVA Import Report—Korean Suppliers Prominent in EVA; Diverse Sources of LDPE

India and South Korea inked a comprehensive economic partnership agreement in 2009, with ethylene-vinyl-acetate (EVA) resin being one of...

Jun 9, 20221 min read

MOST A&I India HDPE Import Report Reveals a Diverse Supply Base

While three global suppliers of LLDPE dominate the import market for this resin India, the supply base for HDPE imported into the country...

May 6, 20222 min read

Bio-polyolefin Market Set to Grow as Fast as Sugar Cane

· Market leader Braskem is being joined by a multitude of new sources as suppliers, brand-owners and nations pursuing ...

May 4, 20222 min read

Enzymatic Depolymerization in PET/PVDC Barrier Film

Solvay and Carbios have demonstrated that multi-layer PET films coated with Diofan® PVDC high-barrier polymer are fully compatible for...