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sustainability

Landfill Degradable Shopping Bag Incorporates Plant Sourced Content

The Philadelphia Eagles switch to new Polyearthylene bag from Verde for retail sales.

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Extrusion

Davis-Standard to Buy Extrusion Technology Group

Agreement includes Battenfeld-Cincinnati brand of extrusion systems for pipe, profile, film and sheet.  

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sustainability

Life Cycle Analysis Shows Pyrolysis Can Reduce Carbon Footprint of Cracking Operations

Research from Argonne National Laboratory describes greenhouse gas benefits of partially substituting pyrolysis oil for fossil fuels in the production of HDPE and LDPE.

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sustainability

Canadian Law Will Restrict Sales of Single Use Plastics Beginning in December

Prohibitions on the sale of single-use items including straws and cutlery will go in effect December 20.

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Recycling

Mura Technology Teesside Plant Opens

New facility will use supercritical water in processing plastic into hydrocarbons.

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Packaging

Food Grade PCR LLDPE Resin From Mechanically Recycled Stretch Film

Revolution announced that the FDA has issued a letter of no objection for its method of producing linear low density polyethylene from recycled stretch film.

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best practices

ASTM Standard To Support Sustainable Plastics

Plastics committee is developing a standard to support a circular economy for plastics.

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Safety Knives Will Use Pre-Consumer Recycled Nylon

Domo Chemicals announced that its recycled polyamide will be used in an upcoming line of safety knives from Martor.

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Engel Shifts Customer Portal Into a Production Portal, Adds Moldex3D to Simulation Offering

The injection molding machine supplier is utilizing software company TIG, acquired in 2016, to reimagine its e-connect portal and has added Moldex3D to its sim link offering.

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Biopolymers

Seaweed Packaging Resin Gets Federal Funding

Sway announced the receipt of an NSF grant to help continue developing its seaweed based resin.

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Process Cooling