Industry News

  1. Advanced Drainage Systems Joins Forces With The Recycling Partnership To Help Create A Sustainable Future 5/27/2021

    Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (ADS), a leading provider of innovative water management solutions and the second largest plastic recycling company in North America, has joined The Recycling Partnership and its Polypropylene Recycling Coalition to advance the company’s commitment to developing innovative solutions that promote environmental stewardship by protecting water and keeping millions of pounds of plastic out of landfills each year

  2. Trinseo Offers Recycled Polystyrene Via Dissolution Technology 5/10/2021

    Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber recently commercialized its recycled polystyrene (PS) from dissolution technology and is offering a new material using this process -- STYRON CO2RE 687DI30

  3. Fruth Custom Packaging Driving Plastics Supply Chain Innovation 5/6/2021

    A leader in the plastics industry, Fruth Custom Packaging (FCP) is keeping pace with the nation's supply chain executive order to build "resilient, diverse, and secure supply chains to ensure our economic prosperity and national security

  4. LyondellBasell Starts Commercial Production Of Polymers Using Raw Material Derived From Plastic Waste 5/6/2021

    LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced another step towards its ambition to advance the circular economy by making virgin quality polymers from raw materials derived from plastic waste at its Wesseling, Germany, site. Produced by the thermal conversion of plastic waste, this raw material is converted into ethylene and propylene in the LyondellBasell production facilities, and then processed into polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) in the downstream units for plastics production.

  5. Nexa3D Expands Partnership With BASF Forward AM To Deliver Ultrafast Photoplastics For Rapid Prototyping 5/3/2021

    Nexa3D, the maker of ultrafast stereolithography production 3D printers, announced today it has expanded its partnership with BASF Forward AM to deliver three new ultrafast photopolymer materials through its expanding Nexa3D channels globally

  6. Braskem Launches Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Filament For Additive Manufacturing 4/27/2021

    Braskem (B3: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6;NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK) ("Company"), the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas and leading producer of biopolymers in the world, announces today the latest expansion of its 3D printing product portfolio to include new, innovative carbon fiber reinforced polypropylene filament for 3D printing ("CF-PP") ("FL900PP-CF") offering superior mechanical and thermal properties as well as low warpage

  7. New Contract Awarded By Total Corbion PLA To Design A Biopolymer Plant In France 4/23/2021

    Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary NextChem has been awarded today a contract by Total Corbion PLA, a 50/50 joint venture between Total and Corbion, to carry out a Front-End Engineering Design for their 100,000 tons per annum Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) plant in Grandpuits, France

  8. American Packaging Corporation Joins Circular Great Lakes To Actively Combat Plastic Waste And Pollution 4/9/2021

    American Packaging Corporation (APC) today announced it has joined Circular Great Lakes as a corporate activation partner, a regional initiative led by the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR)

  9. Advanced Recycling Technologies And Collaborative Solutions To Lead The Transition To Circular Economy In Plastics 4/6/2021

    Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, Convergence and Collaboration to Usher Circular Economy in the Plastics and Composites Industry, finds that leading brand owners and original equipment manufacturers in the industry are adopting strategies to integrate sustainability and circularity into their business activities following mounting pressure from consumers and government bodies

  10. The Recycling Partnership Announces Three Grants To Improve Polypropylene Curbside Recycling For Millions Of Americans 3/31/2021

    The Recycling Partnership today announced a second round of grant funding through its Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, distributing nearly $1 million in catalytic grants to advance polypropylene recycling in the U.S. Launched in July 2020, the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition (Coalition) is a cross-industry collaboration supported by steering committee members Keurig Dr Pepper, Braskem, NextGen Consortium, and the Walmart Foundation, along with other members of the polypropylene value chain. Polypropylene, sometimes referred to as No. 5 plastic, is used in an array of food and non-food packaging and is in strong demand as a recycled material