sustainability
Audia Elastomers Develops Thermoplastic Elastomers based on Marine Waste Plastics
The company is working closely with customers to commercially adopt its new marine waste-based TPEs for select end-use applications.
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U.S. PET Bottle Recycling Rate Declines in 2019
The NAPCOR 2019 Recycling Report also reports a 7% increase in the amount of recycled PET (rPET) going back into food and non-food bottles.
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Super High-Flow TPEs for Sustainable Large-Scale Moldings
Hexpol TPE’s new Dryflex HiF TPS-SEBS family boast very high melt flow and scratch resistance.
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Novel Single-Extruder Line For Direct Long-Fiber Thermoplastics
Dieffenbacher builds single-extruder line for LFT-D to compound recycled materials as powder, chips or pellets.
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TPE Compound Used for Sustainable ‘Cotton’ Swabs
Kraiburg TPE’s medical -grade Thermolast M TPE used for injection molded tips of LastObject’s reusable ‘cotton swabs.
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General-Purpose Screws on the Comeback?
They are being specified more often for recycling applications to increase flexibility. But there is still no such thing as a GP screw and recyclers need to consider other processing approaches.
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SABIC Expands Post-Consumer Recycled Engineering Resins for Consumer Electronics and E&E
Responding to major brands, SABIC is expanding its Cycoloy PC/ABS and Lexan PC with high levels of post-consumer recycled content.
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Distinguish Your Company for Its Innovative Work—Enter Now for the 2021 Re|focus Sustainability Innovation Awards
The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) is proud to announce the opening of the 2021 Re|focus Sustainability Innovation Awards. The awards are designed to recognize outstanding innovations in plastics manufacturing that further environmental advantages in design, material, and end-of-life management. Congratulations to Accredo Packaging, Vartega, and Eastman for winning the categories of Materials, Design, and End-Of-Life Innovations, and to PureCycle Technologies, winner of the 2020 Leadership in Innovation Award.
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Eastman Partners with Compounder Gruppo Maip to Formulate Biobased and Molecular Recycled Content Plastics for Automotive Interiors
Eastman’s Tritan Renew copolyester and Treva Renew engineering bioplastic to play key role in new Eastman-Gruppo Maip partnership.
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Researchers Combine Mechanical and Chemical Recycling
This research team is working on developing a novel hybrid chemical-mechanical technology for recycling and upcycling of laminated and multilayered plastics.
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