Recycled Materials

Dow Acquires Polyethylene Recycler Circulus

Acquisition will add 50,000 tons per year of mechanical recycling capacity.

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Nova Chemicals Attains FDA Letter for Mechanically Recycled LLDPE

RLLDPE product will be marketed for applications including food packaging.

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Purecycle to Receive Expanded FDA Letter of No Objection for PureFive Resin

LNO expands the conditions of use for which the recycled polypropylene can be used.

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Film Extrusion

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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Commodity Resins

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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Flame-Retardant PP Compounds

Sirmax North America now offers a broad range of these compounds within three key product families

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Sorting System Identifies Plastics With Spectroscopy

Identification and tracking system was developed to accurately identify plastic fragments in recycling streams.

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PHA Compound Molded into “World’s First” Biodegradable Bottle Closures

Beyond Plastic and partners have created a certified biodegradable PHA compound that can be injection molded into 38-mm closures in a sub 6-second cycle from a multicavity hot runner tool.

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ICIS Launches: Ask ICIS Generative AI Commodities Assistant

Said to be the first of its kind, this AI assistant will enhance access to ICIS’ intelligence and insights for the energy and chemical markets.

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Process Cooling
Plastics Size Reduction