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1. Sabic Launches New Upcycled LNP ELCRIN IQ Resin Made With Ocean-Bound Plastic Waste To Help Reduce Pollution And Support Circularity 5/16/2022

   SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today introduced LNP ELCRIN WF0061BiQ resin, a novel material that uses ocean-bound polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles as a feed stream for chemical upcycling into polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin

2. LG Chem Develops Advanced Plastic Product To Prevent Thermal Runaway In EV Batteries 5/16/2022

   LG Chem today announced that it has developed a new plastic product for battery application that is capable of preventing the spread of flame in batteries, delivering the longest fire-resistance performance in the world

3. Polyplastics' New Engineering Plastic Fine Powders Compatible With Wide Range Of Processing Methods 5/12/2022

   Polyplastics Group has introduced a new series of engineering plastic fine powders which are compatible with a broad range of manufacturing methods

4. Flowserve Valves Selected For Waste-To-Product Chemical Recycling Plant In Austria 5/11/2022

   Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, announced today that it was awarded a contract to provide control and ball valves to OMV’s chemical recycling demonstration plant in the city of Schwechat, Austria, located approximately 16 km (10 miles) southeast of Vienna

5. CJ BIO Launches PHACT® Brand Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Product Line 5/10/2022

   CJ BIO, a division of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang, has introduced PHACT® Marine Biodegradable Polymers based on its proprietary polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) technology. Being a part of the solution to change the trajectory of the plastic pollution challenge and preserving the planet is the essence of the PHACT brand

6. bp And Clean Planet Energy Reach Agreement To Help Advance The Circular Plastics Economy 5/9/2022

   bp has signed a ten-year offtake agreement with Clean Planet Energy, a UK-based company that is developing facilities to convert hard-to-recycle waste plastics into circular petrochemical feedstocks and also into ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD). Clean Planet Energy designs and builds facilities — which they refer to as ecoPlants — that are expected to process plastics typically rejected by traditional recycling centres and so would otherwise be sent to landfill or incineration

7. Premix Signs $79.9M Contract For A New Production Facility In The U.S. 5/9/2022

   The U.S. Department of Defense, working with the Department of Health and Human Services, awarded a $79.9 million contract to Premix, Inc. to establish a plastic compound manufacturing plant in North Carolina

8. UFP Industries Acquires Cedar Poly LLC, Adding Plastic Recycling To Its Retail Operations 5/9/2022

   UFP Industries (Nasdaq: UFPI) today announced that its affiliate, Deckorators, Inc., acquired Cedar Poly LLC, for $17 million. The purchase price includes incentive payments of up to $1.5 million over three years if Cedar Poly meets certain performance goals

9. AGC To Expand Capacity Of Chlor-Alkali Business In Thailand 5/6/2022

   AGC (AGC Inc., Headquarters: Tokyo, President: Yoshinori Hirai), a world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals and high-tech materials, has decided to increase the production capacity of AGC Vinythai Public Company Limited (to be established in July 2022), a new company to integrate AGC’s chlor-alkali business in the Indochina Peninsula

10. EY Joins Alliance To End Plastic Waste, Enhancing Measurement Through Deep Cross-Sector Experience 4/27/2022

    The EY organization has joined the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, alongside more than 90 companies, project collaborators, allies and supporters who are committed to ending plastic waste in the environment