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Sustainable Materials is Focus of Thermoforming Exhibits at K 2022

Thermoforming equipment makers including WM, Kiefel, and OMV will showcase processing of recyclable and biobased materials.

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PET

Coke Makes Bottle Changes to Boost Recycling

Sprite bottles will be clear, while Dasani bottles will be made with recycled plastic.

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sustainability

New In-Mold Labels Enhance Recycling of PP Containers

New PP IML labels from MCC Verstraete separate from PP containers during mechanical recycling to preserve the color and transparency of the container resin.

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industry 4.0

Using Blockchain to Track and Verify Recycling

Supply chain partners assess software for tracking materials.  

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Postprocessing

Eco-Sustainable Pad Printing Ink

Incups GN Series passes the ISO cytoxicity test and complies with EuPIA.

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sustainability

Ineos Olefins and Polymers Europe Joins the HolyGrail 2.0 Initiative for Recycling Plastic Waste

The company has joined the Digital Watermark Initiative to improve the sorting and recycling of plastic waste.  

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Postconsumer

Custom Engineered Polymers can be Separated for Recycling

Polydiketoenamines can be customized, combined, then taken apart again.

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Biopolymers

CJ Bio’s Amorphous PHA Demonstrates Excellent Biodegradability in Marine environment

The tests of the bioplastic, a semi-crystalline PHA and a PLA were conducted by the national Korean testing agency (KCL)  

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Recycling

Cradle to Cradle...Twenty Years Later

Revisiting a manifesto for long-term sustainability.

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Recycling

New Method for Multi-Material Packaging

New mechanical recycling approach shows promise for reclaiming composite packaging.

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Process Cooling