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فروردین- 1403 -27 فروردینNews
Chemical recycling makes sense for PMMA
Iranpolymer/Baspar Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) has long been known for its transparency, durability, and performance properties – making the material an easy choice for a variety of plastic applications. The material is so intrinsic to our daily lives that the polymer…
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بهمن- 1402 -17 بهمنFeatured
Semi-crystalline PHA added to FDA’s inventory of food contact substances
Iranpolymer/Baspar CJ Biomaterials, Inc. announced that its semi-crystalline PHA (scPHA) biopolymer branded PHACT™ S1000P is now included in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substances (FCS) with the Assigned Food Contact Notification (FCN) 2330. This is the second CJ Biomaterials…
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دی- 1402 -19 دیNews
Perfetti Van Melle inks partnership with PCX to exceed plastic goals
Iranpolymer/Baspar CONFECTIONERY maker Perfetti Van Melle Philippines has partnered with PCX Markets for an initiative that seeks to exceed the required plastic reduction goals of large companies under the Extended Producer Responsibility Act. Perfetti Van Melle Philippines Managing Director David…
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10 دیNews
Plastic waste – whose responsibility?
Iranpolymer/Baspar Over the past 100 years, the world has produced more than 8.8 billion tonnes of plastic, 460 million tonnes (or 5%) of which were produced in 2019 alone. As a result, plastic waste has proliferated, and plastic pollution has…
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6 دیNews
Arizona City Will Try Out 3D Printers That Recycle in Pilot Program
Iranpolymer/Baspar The City of Surprise, Arizona, will host a pilot program that will collect used plastic waste items and use them to print on-demand plastic commodity products using equipment from Automedi, a UK-based fabricator of 3D printing machines. The program will…
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آذر- 1402 -12 آذرNews
Neste develops new line of bio-attributed lab tubes
Iranpolymer/Baspar Neste, the Finnish oil refining company that is in the process of reinventing itself, has taken another step in that direction. It has now partnered with Eppendorf, a German manufacturer and supplier of laboratory equipment, to develop lab products made…
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آبان- 1402 -28 آبانFeatured
Opinion: Establishing a New Plastics Value Equation
Iranpolymer/Baspar The world clearly needs a new plastics value equation – one where the utility of plastics is maintained, CO2 emissions are greatly reduced and plastic pollution is prevented. There can be no doubt that plastics-producing and plastics-using corporations are…
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21 آبانNews
AI shows plastic pollution can be almost eliminated by 2040
Baspar/Iranpolymer A new AI-powered digital tool, which is available for anyone to access, gives users the ability to see how muc pollution can be avoided if different measures were to be taken globally. If no action is taken, the data…
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شهریور- 1402 -19 شهریورFeatured
Pacur selects Eastman’s Eastar Renew for medical device packaging
Iranpolymer/Baspar Wisconsin-based custom sheet extruder Pacur will use Eastman’s Eastar Renew 6763 to produce rigid, thermoformed, sterile barrier medical device packaging, the company has announced. The materials in the Eastman Renew polymer portfolio are manufactured with ISCC certified circular content…
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18 شهریورNews
Montachem International partners with seaweed- based resin maker Loliware
Iranpolymer/Baspar At the Plast international plastics show in Milan, plastic resin distributor Montachem International and materials science company Loliware debuted their seaweed-based resins today, an event marking Loliware’s entrance into Europe’s $3.5 billion bio-resin market. Loliware’s materials are the first…
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مرداد- 1402 -31 مردادFeatured
Unfil aims to tackle problem of plastic waste with help from Lindner
Iranpolymer/Baspar Lindner, a manufacturer of high-performance synthetic and recycled fibres, has decided to tackle the problem of waste plastics. They collect used plastics, including PET bottles, especially near the coasts of developing countries and regions, ensuring that plastics do not…
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29 مردادNews
Covestro reaches new chemical recycling milestone
Iranpolymer/Baspar Raw materials producer Covestro is advancing the implementation of its chemical recycling technology to pilot scale, the company has announced in a 16 August statement. Its specific chemolysis process, adapted to polycarbonate, has been shown to be robust at…
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29 مردادNews
Plastic waste pilot shows focus on people pays off
Iranpolymer/Baspar When Albert Einstein famously said that ‘We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them’, he probably was not thinking about plastic pollution. Yet the problem of plastic waste and its environmental impact…
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24 مردادNews
Pepsi, Nestlé debut first 100% rPET bottles in Thailand
Iranpolymer/Baspar Suntory PepsiCo Beverage Thailand and Mineré, a subsidiary of Nestlé in Thailand, are the first two beverage brands in the Thai market to adopt 100% recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) for their plastic bottles. Envicco, a joint venture between Thai…
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22 مردادNews
Teknor Apex joins Cyclyx as consortium’s newest member
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Teknor Apex has become the newest company to join consortium-based plastic feedstock management company Cyclyx. The U.S.-based company produces products like vinyl, thermoplastic elastomers, nylon, and colorants. As a member of Cyclyx, it will be able to take part in…
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22 مردادNews
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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19 مردادFeatured
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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8 مردادFeatured
Applied Testing of Recycled Plastic in Road Pavement Materials
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Researchers at the University of Missouri are using recycled materials including plastic waste in experimental replacements for traditional asphalt pavement. In partnership with the Missouri Department of Transportation, the research team has recently created a real-world test road…
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1 مردادFeatured
Chemical recycling needs ‘a leap of faith’
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. According to Matthias Scheibitz, head of Sustainability Strategy…
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1 مردادNews
TotalEnergies, Aramco, Sabic demonstrate successful production of certified circular polymers
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Pyrolysis oil derived from the chemical recycling of non-sorted plastic waste has now, for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa been utilised as feedstock for the production of ISCC+ certified circular polymers. The pyrolysis…
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