sustainability

PET

Life Cycle Assessment Describes Advantages of PET Containers Over Glass and Aluminum

Lighter impacts from PET than glass or aluminum across impact categories and disposable container sizes.

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sustainability

Covestro Expands its Circular Economy Portfolio to All Major Regions

The company’s Baytown, Texas site receives ISCC PLUS certification and the focus is on mass  balanced products using recycled and bio-attributed raw materials.

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sustainability

INEOS Styrolution and Agilyx Advance Chemical Recycling Plant Development

Collaboration with Technip Energies said to provide an all-in-one solution for the chemical recycling of polystyrene into high-purity styrene monomer.

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Packaging

Amcor Announces Coatings Research Effort With Nfinite Nanotechnology

Project will test use of nanocoating technology for recyclable and compostable packaging.

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industry 4.0

Smart Systems Illuminate Material Recovery for Enhanced Plastics Recycling

Data collection and machine learning can give MRF operators and brand owners an enhanced view of the fate of recyclable materials.

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Commodity Resins

NOVA Chemicals Sets Bold ESG Aspirations

Included are 30% of PE sales to come from recycled content by 2030 and expansion of its Advanced Sclairtech product portfolio.  

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Commodity Resins

Evonik Invests in Interface Polymer’s Additives for Sustainable Plastics

Interface Polymers’ Polarfin additives shown to simplify to the processing of plastics such as mixtures of PE and PP.  

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PET

SK Chemicals Announces Acquisition of Chemical Recycling Assets

$100 million acquisition will facilitate entry to recycled PET market.

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sustainability

DSM and DiFold Develop Foldable Reusable Bottles

The injection molded reusable packaging from this startup are made from DSM’s Arnitel Eco biobased thermoplastic copolyester.

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Danimer Scientific VP to Join Department of Energy-Hosted Sustainable Chemistry Roundtable

Keith Edwards will join other chemical sector value chain leader for Danimer discussion aimed at achieving chemicals sector decoarbonization and environmental justice.  

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Plastics Size Reduction
Process Cooling
Blending & Dosing