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Service Helps Manufacturers Buy Energy When the Time is Right

Insulating manufacturers from market volatility can pay off big, as one firm can attest.  

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Biopolymers

New Family of Bioplastics Boast Property Retention as well as Degradability and Recyclability

U.K. and U.S university research team have developed both a stretchable rubber like plastic as well as a tough but ductile one.  

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sustainability

Ocean Plastics in My Wallet

O.P. recycling helps pay the bills.

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Recycling

Dow Invests in Recycler Mr. Green Africa

At full scale, the investment is expected to create approximately 200 more direct jobs, impact the lives of 5,000 waste pickers and engage more than 250,000 consumers in separation at source programs. 

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PTXPO

Scrap-Reclaim System For Film

Can reprocess 90-110 lb/hr of PE scrap and is fed via a trim basket and/or optional roll feed.  

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sustainability

Cyclyx to Build Advanced Recycling Plant on Gulf Coast

The facility is expected to process up to 60,000 metric tons of recycled plastic feedstock per year with an anticipated start-up in late 2022.  

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color

Sleek and Sustainable Jaguar F-Pace Contrast Roof Produced with AERO’s Game Changing Sustainable Material Technology

AERO’s single-stage durable film technology includes adhesive/primer, color, and self-healing clear coat.

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PET

15 Headlines I’d Like to See in ’22

Extrapolating from recent news and trends, I twisted the dial from “Reasonable Possibilities” to “A Bit of Fantasy”

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sustainability

Closing the Loop for Syringe Filters

Global life sciences company Cytiva and recycler TerraCycle are working to convert multi-material syringe filters into useable products.  

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Plastics Size Reduction
Blending & Dosing