sustainability
Recyclable All-PE Pouches: Sustainable Opportunity for Film Extruders
Sustainability and the Circular Economy are both a challenge and an opportunity to flexible packaging producers. Recyclable pouches based on all-PE multilayer structures, utilizing new resins and perhaps techniques like MDO or biaxial orientation, appear to be major contenders against glass, metal, and multi-material film structures.
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Danimer Scientific and UrthPact Have Partnered in the Manufacture of Fully Biodegradable Straws
UrthPact expands line of compostable single-use straws with marine degradable options using Danimer’s Nodax PHA.
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Texas A&M & Teysha Technologies Team Up to Advance Research into Sustainable Polycarbonate
The ‘plug-and-play’ technology utilizes bio-sourced feedstocks.
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What Is the Circular Economy?
In this video from K 2019, hear NOVA Chemicals, TOMRA, Covestro, Rapid Granulator and SABIC each discuss plastics’ role in the circular economy.
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K 2019 Video: Innovations in Recycling Machinery and Materials
From the K 2019 show floor, hear from Bengt Rimark of Rapid Granulator and Bob Maughan of SABIC as they talk about new recycling technology and developments.
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Video: K 2019 Recycling View From Material and Machinery Suppliers
Plastics Technology's Heather Caliendo visited with NGR and DSM to learn about their role in the circular economy.
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Recycling in the Healthcare Industry
Hospitals are a major end user of plastics, much of it single use, how much is being done to reclaim the material.
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Novolex Launches New Sustainable Innovations in Foodservice Packaging
Novolex launches a new cutlery dispensing system and compostable cutlery. The company is also focused on adding recycled content to every day products.
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Recycling: Innovations in Slow-Speed Granulation
New machine gives molders more flexibility in slow-speed modes. Range of other new granulators also debuted at K 2019.
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Additives: Novel Silicone-PE Hybrid Additive Technology for Wood-Plastic Composites
Dow’s Amplify Si PE 1000 Polymer System/processing aid enables stronger, more sustainable wood-plastic composites.
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