polystyrene

Recycled food-grade plastics

Iranpolymer/Baspar Now that the Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 on recycled plastic materials and other items that can come into contact with foods is in force, the volume of recycled food-grade plastics is expected to increase. One of the regulation’s key…

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Lagos bans polystyrene and single-use plastics

Iranpolymer/Baspar The government of the Nigerian state of Lagos has implemented an immediate ban on the use and distribution of polystyrene and other single-use plastics, citing significant environmental concerns. The announcement was made by the state’s Commissioner for the Environment…

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Thermoform packaging market growth and innovations

Iranpolymer/Baspar  According to Towards Packaging, the global thermoform packaging market size stood at USD 49.48 billion in 2023, grew to USD 52.20 billion in 2024, and is expanding at a CAGR of 5.9% between 2023 and 2032. Report Highlights: Important…

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Mono-material PP packaging decorated with IML

Iranpolymer/Baspar A touch of pioneering vision by SFA packaging. A pinch of love by JOZO. A drop of recycling advice by CIRCPACK by Veolia and a dash of innovation by MCC Verstraete. Proudly introducing a pioneering recipe for success for…

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Is graphene the silver bullet for plastic recycling woes?

Iranpolymer/Baspar  If it feels like you’ve been hearing about recycling plastic all of your life, you might be right. The first plastic recycling mill was built in 1972[1], about the same time as the Environmental Protection Agency was formed. But…

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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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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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The project of the composite cabin of the subway driver

Baspar / Iranpolymer At the end of 2021, studies for the construction of a city train or subway driver’s wagon were started at Wagon Pars Mapna Company, which led to the design and finalization of this wagon in the following…

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Russia: Price increases for standard thermoplastics

IranPolymer / Baspar With overall average demand, Russian prices for all standard thermoplastics rose in November. Polystyrene and PP extrusion types in particular felt the upswing. This is reported by the plastics information industry service (KI, Bad Homburg) in the…

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Microplastics swim back into the spotlight

 new study published in Science has found that larval perch, given the choice, prefer microplastics over their natural food source of zooplankton. The researchers, all from Uppsala University in Sweden, demonstrated that larval fish that had been exposed to microplastic…

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