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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.
BASF has announced that it is increasing the prices for its certified biodegradable compound ecovio in Europe with immediate effect or as contracts permit.
UBQ Materials and Mercedes Benz have been named this year’s recipients of the inaugural Sustainability Award in Automotive, an award programme jointly organised by the Springer Fachmedien’s ATZ/MTZ Group and Roland Berger, in the category of Best Startup.
Improved materials based on ABS and thermoplastic elastomers have expanded the product mix at Avient Corp.
Nova Chemicals Corporation has developed and commercialised introduced its first three grades of 100% post-consumer polyethylene resins, suitable for a range of flexible film applications.
Versalis, Eni's chemical company, has added a new product to its Revive portfolio of circular products based on recycled raw materials.
The well-known brand name Makrolon for multiwall and solid sheets is on the way out, The Exolon Group announced today.
REPI, an Italy-based supplier of high-performance liquid colour and additive solutions for polyurethanes and thermoplastics, has acquired Novosystems GmbH, one of the few independent European players in the field of liquid colours and additives for thermoplastic materials.
A new collaboration between chemical company Sabic and Polyray, a Shanghai-based eyewear lens producer has led to a world-first: the debut of the first lens based on a certified renewably-sourced polycarbonate.
Loparex, a manufacturer of release liners and engineered films headquartered in North Carolina, USA, has successfully obtained ISCC Plus certification for its manufacturing site in Forchheim, Germany.
Swiss specialty chemical company Clariant today announced that it has officially joined the EU Circular Plastics Alliance, committing to the Alliance’s goal to boost the EU market for recycled plastics to 10 million tons by 2025.
The reintroduction of far-reaching Democratic plastics legislation in Congress got an amped up pushback from the industry. But political changes in Washington and shifts in industry positions have changed the field.
With the launch today of a new coalition called CirculariTeam, Royal DSM, is seeking to push the transition towards the use of renewable bio- and recycled-based resources among the users of its Dyneema material across the value chain.
Streamlining its approach to a more circular economy for plastics, chemical giant Evonik has now brought its circular plastics activities together into a single, global programme.