Commodity Resins
Polystyrene Recycling Alliance Established to Improve Recycling Access
Alliance aimed at achieving widely recyclable status.
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March 2025 Resin Pricing: Commodity Resin Prices Firm Up
Unplanned and planned production disruptions, rising feedstock costs and variables such as the potential impact of pending tariffs all factor in.
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Eastman Copolyesters Receive Recyclass Certification
Eight copolyester resins and their equivalent recycled content grades were classified as compatible with recycling processes.
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US Department of Energy Announces Funding for Critical Industrial Technologies
Funded projects include programs to decarbonize production of polymer feedstock chemicals and to develop bioplastic packaging.
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NPE2024 Materials: Spotlight on Sustainability with Performance
Across the show, sustainability ruled in new materials technology, from polyolefins and engineering resins to biobased materials.
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Prices of PE, PP, PVC Up; PS, PET Flat
While prices moved up for three of the five commodity resins, there was potential for a flat trajectory for the rest of the third quarter.
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LyondellBasell Hostacom Foaming PP For Automotive Interiors
Hostacom TYC 2463F E2 was introduced for the new Renault Rafale, in collaboration with Antolin.
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Prices of PE, PP, PVC, PET Largely Firm, Flat for PS
By most measures, pricing for the five commodity resins appeared to be holding firm going into the third quarter.
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Recycled PE Grades With Up to 100% PCR for Shrink Films
Dow’s new Revoloop grades was a collaboration with European shrink film manufacturer RKW Group.
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Mobile Spectroscopy System Expands to Identification of Multimaterial and Monomaterial Films
BASF’s trinamiX can now identify multimaterial and monomaterial films for improved recycling.
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