LyondellBasell turns trash into polymers - at commercial scale

A stock short-selling firm issued a report May 6 challenging the technology and business plans for polypropylene recycler PureCycle Technologies.

Canadian bioplastics maker TerraVerdae Bioworks Inc. has introduced new polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) resins for blown and cast films, injection moulding and thermoforming.

Sore feet pads, fallen arches, inward curving big toes, throbbing heels: hurting feet can be a misery to those who have embraced walking or running as their new pastime during the pandemic.

Renewable chemistry company Avantium has mapped out an ambitious strategy to help push the chemical sector towards a fossil-free chemical industry by 2050. In the below, Zanna McFerson, Managing Director, Renewable Chemistries at Avantium answers five quick questions about the company’s ambitions.

Ansfelden, Austria — Shredder-extruder systems maker Pure Loop GmbH, a subsidiary of Erema Group GmbH, installed a machine at the company's technical center in in Ipswich, Mass., to offer material tests for potential customers wanting to boost in-house recycling.

The new recycling facility that is being built at Tiel, the Netherlands, has achieved an environmental goal that sets this process apart from others in the industry.

From next year, Lufthansa Cargo will equip its entire cargo fleet with an artificial shark skin film The AeroSHARK technology, developed by BASF, mimics the skin structure of a shark, improving the aerodynamics and lowering the fuel consumption of the aircraft.

As one of Austria’s major employers of skilled technical personnel, plastics machinery manufacturer Engel has long been a supporter of Girl’s Day, an annual event designed to broaden the awareness of the the opportunities open to girls in, among, others, the technical professions.

Green Group subsidiary company  Green Fiber has announced that its annual PET bottle recycling capacity now exceeds 2 billion bottles.