polyethylene terephthalate

Ultrasonic welding enhances recyclability of to-go cups

Iranpolymer/Baspar  The production of sustainable food packaging such as beverage cups still offers great potential for optimization. This is demonstrated by the innovative solution of a start-up from Latvia. The company not only produces the cups for coffee to-go and soft drinks from…

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US PET bottle recycling rates hit ‘highest level’ in 2023

Iranpolymer/Baspar Recycling rates for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles in the US hit their “highest levels” in 2023, as reported in the National Association for PET Container Resources’ (NAPCOR) 2023 PET Recycling Report. In 2023, the US PET bottle collection rate hit…

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Idemitsu and Suntory collaborate on recycling demonstration for bottle caps

Iranpolymer/Baspar Petroleum refinery company Idemitsu Kosan has collaborated with beverage company Suntory for the chemical recycling demonstration test of used polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle caps and labels. The project has recently progressed to a demonstration test phase, where Chemical Recycle Japan, a subsidiary of…

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SK chemicals unveils new copolyester material with enhanced recyclability

Iranpolymer/Baspar South Korean company SK Chemicals has introduced a new copolyester material designed to improve recyclability and moulding versatility for large-sized containers. Dubbed ‘ECOTRIA CLARO 300’, the material maintains the transparency and chemical resistance of traditional copolyesters while offering enhanced features for…

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Schneider Electric collaborates with GR3N to tackle plastic recycling challenges

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Schneider Electric, a sustainable company in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has partnered with GR3N, the Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) chemical recycler, to create the first open automation system for the advanced plastic recycling industry. With 50% of global plastic waste ending up…

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Chlorophyll Water and rePurpose Global link on ocean plastic recovery

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Bottled water provider Chlorophyll Water has joined forces with plastic action platform rePurpose Global to recover ocean plastic. Through the new partnership, the sale of each bottle of Chlorophyll Water leads to the recovery of the equivalent of one…

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PET bottle life cycle and NIR heating technology

Iranpolymer/Baspar The global PET containers market is expected to grow annually at 5.3% CAGR between 2022 and 2023. It will increase from USD 73,1Bn to USD 122, 4 Bn, according to the Future Marketing Insights report. More than 500 billion…

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Putting an end to plastic separation anxiety

Iranpolymer/Baspar Bio-based plastics such as polylactic acid (PLA) were invented to help solve the plastic waste crisis, but they often end up making waste management more challenging. Because these materials look and feel so similar to conventional, petroleum-based plastics, many products…

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Transfer Film Take Back Program Yields Recycled Resin for Injection Molding

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Leonhard Kurz will be exhibiting its Recopound resin in October at the Fakuma trade fair in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Recopound is a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin, recycled from postindustrial material. Kurz offers a return and recycling program that reprocesses used PET carrier film…

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Neste Announces Agreement to Produce Bottles Using Renewable & Recycled Material

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Neste announced a collaboration that will bring its RE, a polyethylene terephthalate derived from renewable and recycled material, to bottle production. The cooperation between Neste, Suntory, and Mitsubishi will enable the production of PET resin on a commercial scale. Neste RE is Neste’s…

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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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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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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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DePoly gains funding to expand plastics recycling operations

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  According to deep tech company DePoly, over 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced every year, but less than 10% are recycled, with the majority entering incineration centers or landfills around the world. To combat this, the company…

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