Industry News

  1. Kraton Corporation Submits BiaXam™ Polymer Technology As An Active Ingredient To The EPA 5/2/2023

    Kraton Corporation, a leading global sustainable producer of specialty polymers and high-value biobased products derived from pine wood pulping by-products, submitted their novel BiaXam polymer technology on February 21, 2023, to the EPA for Section 3 approval as a new active ingredient.

  2. Lyondellbasell And Veolia Restructure Their Plastics Recycling Joint Venture QCP 4/28/2023

     LyondellBasell and Veolia Belgium have signed an agreement to restructure the ownership of Quality Circular Polymers (QCP) BV recycling facilities, with locations in Belgium and the Netherlands. Veolia will sell its 50% share to LyondellBasell which will become 100% owner of QCP.

  3. Kroger Recycles And Upcycles Its Way To Less Waste 4/28/2023

    The Kroger Co. today announced its innovative recycling program has hit a major milestone, recycling more than one million pieces of Our Brands flexible plastic product packaging. The company shared it is offering customers more items with upcycled ingredients with the addition of two new Simple Truth® products to advance sustainability.

  4. Stavian Chemical Contributes To Global Plastics Recovery At Chinaplas 2023 4/12/2023

    Stavian Chemical, the top 22 global chemical distributor and a leading biodegradable plastic packaging manufacturer, is exhibiting its exceptional 'One-Stop Shop' solution and a wide range of polymers at booth 16B37 at Chinaplas 2023, held from April 17 to 20

  5. Kuraray Is Partnering With GC And Sumitomo Corporation To Open A Highly Engineered Plastic Manufacturing Plant To Develop Thailand's Industrial Capabilities In The EEC Region 4/7/2023

    Kuraray Co., Ltd. is partnering with PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (GC) and Sumitomo Corporation to open a manufacturing plant under the name of Kuraray GC Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. and Kuraray Advanced Chemicals (Thailand) Limited

  6. S-OIL Corporation Selects Univation's UNIPOL™ PE Process For Three Production Lines In The Republic Of Korea 3/28/2023

    S-OIL Corporation ("S-OIL") has selected Univation's UNIPOL™ PE Technology for three world-scale production lines to be located at S-OIL's site at Ulsan, the Republic of Korea.

  7. Circular Polymers By Ascend To Feature Portfolio Of Recycled Feedstocks And Compounds At Plastics Recycling Conference 3/6/2023

    Circular Polymers by Ascend, a market leading recycler of post-consumer fibers, will exhibit its line of recycled polymer feedstocks at the Plastics Recycling Conference

  8. Collaboration Of Charter Next Generation And Revolution Brings Food-Grade Post-Consumer Resin To Food And Flexible Packaging Markets 2/28/2023

    Charter Next Generation (CNG) and Revolution Sustainable Solutions, LLC (Revolution) are collaborating to drive market adoption of commercially available post-consumer recycled, linear low density polyethylene (PCR-LLDPE) for food and flexible packaging applications.

  9. PA Consulting And PulPac Announce Bottle Collective To Minimize Single-Use Plastic Waste 2/23/2023

    PA Consulting (PA), the consultancy that's bringing ingenuity to life, and PulPac, the Swedish R&D and IP company behind the proprietary production process of Dry Molded Fiber, have launched the Bottle Collective

  10. Innovative Process Recycles All Types Of Plastic Waste 2/22/2023

    Today, Nairobi non-profit Slums Going Green and Clean (SGGC) announced the success of its open-source Waste Free in '23 initiative utilizing profitable micro-recycling centers