Recycling
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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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17 دیFeatured
Scaling Up Sustainable Solutions for Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials
Iranpolymer/Baspar The transition to efficient and sustainable systems for energy and transportation infrastructure demands stronger and lighter materials. Often, engineers are compelled to turn away from traditional homogeneous materials in favor of composites. “Fiber-reinforced composites have revolutionized a variety of…
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5 دیFeatured
New survey claims consumers face confusion regarding recycling
Iranpolymer/Baspar The University of Reading in England, UK, has found that consumers across Europe face ‘persistent confusion’ around recycling their food packaging, which hinders overall recycling efforts. This was found in a new survey of 2,000 European consumers carried out…
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آبان- 1402 -9 آبانNews
Ipswich council joins ‘In The Loop’ Hubbub scheme to boost recycling on-the-go
Iranpolymer/Baspar The bright, colourful bins are part of an on-street recycling initiative to improve recycling on-the-go, with eye catching designs encouraging residents and visitors to recycle their plastic bottles and cans when out and about. The eight new bins feature…
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مهر- 1402 -17 مهرNews
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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16 مهرNews
28th Fakuma in October 2023
Iranpolymer/Baspar The next Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing will take place in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance from the 17th through the 21st of October, 2023. Key issues include injection moulding, extrusion technology, thermoforming and 3D printing, as well…
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11 مهرNews
Plast Eurasia returns to Istanbul
Iranpolymer/Baspar The 32nd edition of Plast Eurasia Istanbul will return to Istanbul from November 22 to 25. Taking place at the Tüyap Fair and Congress Centre, the exhibition brings together plastic industry experts showcasing a wide variety of products, including…
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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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5 شهریورNews
Heinz revamps Tomato Ketchup bottles with fully recyclable caps
Iranpolymer/Baspar This should ensure the whole bottle and the cap can now be recycled in regular kerbside collection. The move means a potential 300 million plastic caps annually can be recycled, instead of ending up into landfill. Heinz said it…
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مرداد- 1402 -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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24 مردادFeatured
New partnership for recycling PE film
Iranpolymer/Baspar Fastenal, a U.S.-based industry supplier, and wood-alternative decking company Trex have announced a partnership that will see Trex repurposing Fastenal’s discarded polyethylene (PE) stretch film. PE film, widely used in logistics, stabilises products on pallets to make them safe…
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15 مردادNews
Ravago, Republic form post-consumer plastics JV
Iranpolymer/ Baspar In a major recycling deal, Republic Services Inc. and Ravago Group have formed Blue Polymers LLC, a joint venture that will build and operate plants to generate 100 percent post-consumer resins. The joint venture will make high density…
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10 مردادFeatured
Reflection: Green buildings are a work in progress
Iranpolymer/ Baspar If there’s one sector that has needed to pull up its socks when it came to sustainability, it was the building construction industry. The World Green Building Council has estimated that the energy required to construct and operate…
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8 مردادNews
Alpla launches new Alplarecycling brand
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Plastic packaging specialist Alpla is no newcomer to the recycling world. Its first investment in recycling date from 2005 when it became a joint-venture partner in a PET recycling plant in Toluca Mexico. Today, the company operates 13…
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تیر- 1402 -13 تیرNews
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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خرداد- 1402 -6 خردادNews
Recycling Program Announced for Nylon 3D Printed Parts
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Sculpteo, a 3D printing service provider and part of BASF chemical company, announced a new take-back program, branded “RE-cycleo”, that will recycle 3D printed parts returned by its customers. Clients will be able to send nylon PA11 and PA12…
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اردیبهشت- 1402 -30 اردیبهشتFeatured
Upcycling PP with peroxide masterbatches
Baspar/Iranpolymer According to the Federal Environment Agency, around 3.33 million tonnes of plastic waste were recycled or reused as raw materials in Germany in 2019. More than 38 per cent of this was polypropylene (PP). Yet recycling this PP comes with…
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18 اردیبهشتFeatured
Green polypropylene production is coming to America
Baspar/Iranpolymer Process technology and energy expert Lummus Technology and Citroniq Chemicals, a producer of carbon-negative materials, have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for the development of Citroniq’s green polypropylene projects in North America based on the Verdene PP technology…
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12 اردیبهشتFeatured
Chemists tackle the tough challenge of recycling mixed plastics
Baspar/Iranpolymer Plastics are everywhere in our daily lives, but not all plastics are created equal far from it. Take, for instance, polyethylene terephthalate, a plastic used to make soda bottles and clothing fibers. Then there’s high-density polyethylene, from which shampoo bottles,…
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10 اردیبهشتNews
New catalyst helps turn plastic waste into useful organosilane compounds
Baspar/Iranpolymer Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have found that gold nanoparticles supported on a zirconium oxide surface help turn waste materials like biomass and polyester into organosilane compounds, valuable chemicals used in a wide range of applications. The new protocol leverages…
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