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LyondellBasell Acquires Producer of Recycled Compounds
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Netherlands-based LyondellBasell announced the completion of its acquisition of the Mepol Group, a manufacturer of recycled technical compounds located in Italy and Poland. The Mepol Group and its subsidiaries will become part of the Advanced Polymer Solutions business unit of LyondellBasell.…
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Around 60% of plastic in oceans is floating at the surface, say Dutch scientists
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Scientists from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands developed a new numerical model to estimate the amount of plastic in the ocean. They found that the largest fraction of plastic mass is located at the ocean surface,…
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Europe lagging behind Asia in plastic recycling and packaging innovation
Iranpolymer/ Baspar A new report by UK-based GovGrant shows that more than 65% of all plastic patents have been developed in Asia over the last two decades, with China and Japan leading the charge. The U.S., Germany, and South Korea…
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Chemical recycling makes sense whenever mechanical recycling falls short
Iranpolymer/ Baspar In its ‘Let’s talk about Chemical Recycling” series, the Plastics and Rubber Machinery division of the German VDMA association talks to experts and stakeholders active in the chemical recycling space. Here, Michael Ludden, managing director of Sutco Recycling GmbH stresses…
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Polyplastics announces recycling service for engineering plastics
Iranpolymer/ Baspar The Japan-based engineering plastics manufacturer will start offering the service from March 2024, allowing its customers to re-compound industrial waste materials generated during the production process. Polyplastics has announced a new sustainability initiative for recycling engineering plastics called Duracircle.…
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ADBioplastics develops industrially compostable single-use packaging for olive oil
Iranpolymer/ Baspar The Spain-based additives and bioplastics manufacturer has created a bioplastic called PLA-Premium which it claims offers improved processability, yet, like regular PLA, is 100% compostable under industrial conditions. TÜV Austria has certified the single-use product to disintegrate within…
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Circular plastics producer Encina collaborating to deliver ‘world class’ water treatment plant
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Enica, a producer of ISCC+ circular chemicals from end-of-life plastics, announced today an agreement with global water treatment expert Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions, which will engineer, deliver, operate, and maintain a water treatment system for the Encina Point Township…
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Republic Services and Ravago in Partnership to Build Recycling Capacity
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Republic Services, an provider of environmental services, and Ravago, a polymer recycling and distribution company, announced the creation of Blue Polymers, an innovative partnership that will help advance circularity in the plastics industry. Blue Polymers is developing a network…
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Conti starts volume production of its ‘most sustainable ever’ tire
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Hanover, Germany – Continental has started production of the UltraContact NXT – its “most sustainable series tire to date” – at its manufacturing site in Lousado, Portugal. With up to 65% renewable, recycled and mass balance certified materials,…
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Recyclers under pressure as downward price trend continues
Iranpolymer/ Baspar European recycled standard thermoplastics prices declined further in June and the downward price pressure has continued into July. Recycled plastics prices are under severe pressure because of persistent weak demand caused by the economic stagnation throughout Europe and…
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Ravago, Republic form post-consumer plastics JV
Iranpolymer/ Baspar In a major recycling deal, Republic Services Inc. and Ravago Group have formed Blue Polymers LLC, a joint venture that will build and operate plants to generate 100 percent post-consumer resins. The joint venture will make high density…
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New hybrid PET/F polymer successfully moulded into preforms
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Origin Materials, Inc., a leading carbon negative materials company based in Sacramento, California and Canada-headquartered Husky Technologies, an injection moulding supplier of equipment and services to the plastics industry, have joined forces on the development and commercialisation of…
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The niche called bioplastics is growing
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Plastic contributes considerably to global greenhouse gas emissions. In 2022, plastics produced 1.9 billion tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (3.5% of total global emissions), with 90% of this emission coming from plastic production, conversion from fossil fuels,…
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Coca-Cola debuts first 100% rPET bottle in India
Iranpolymer/ Baspar In a first for the country, Coca-Cola India recently launched a new 1-litre bottle made from 100% recycled PET for its packaged drinking water brand Kinley. The use of recycled material in food contact applications had previously been…
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ENGEL to exhibit at Fakuma 2023
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Mould temperature control has a significant impact on product quality and the energy efficiency of the injection moulding process. To take even greater advantage of the resulting potential for process optimisation, ENGEL says it is making it easy…
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BPF Launches New Sustainable Packaging Course with 50% Discount
Iranpolymer/ Baspar The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has announced the launch of its latest online course: A Guide to Incorporating Recycled Plastic into Packaging. The BPF claims that the CPD-accredited online training course brings together over sixty years of insights from…
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Polyplastics launching initiative to recycle engineering plastics
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Polyplastics, global supplier of engineering thermoplastics, has launched the DURACIRCLE initiative for recycling engineering plastics. The company claims that this effort applies to a wide variety of sustainable solutions that contribute toward achieving a 100% recycling rate for engineering plastics, without…
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BEC Group marks its 45th anniversary with comprehensive timeline
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Way back in the August of 1978 three engineers Graham Blake, Geoff Elvy and Barrie Cox came together as business partners to combine design, press tooling (later moving into plastic injection moulding), and production as BEC Group. This…
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ERG S.A invests in film line from Hosokawa
Iranpolymer/ Baspar The Polish packaging manufacturer ERG S.A., headquartered in Dąbrowa Górnicza, has invested in a modern 7-layer blown film line with inline MDO (Machine Direction Orientation) from Hosokawa. The line has been in operation since August 2022 and the…
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SABIC produces thermoplastics for record breaking car
Iranpolymer/ Baspar SABIC, a producer of diversified chemicals, formally highlighted the use of its materials in applications on the GENBETA car, the new holder of the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the fastest speed achieved by a vehicle indoors. The GENBETA…
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