Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum ...

While single-stream recycling is convenient, it has downsides. Contamination, such as food residue, plastic bags and items that can’t be recycled, can degrade the quality of the remaining material, ...

With technology in place and food-grade PP in the stream, the missing link in circularity is brand action. Industry leaders ...

In our vision, bio-based carbon can be bound into long-lasting plastic products such as coatings and insulations for electrical cables, various pipe applications, or recyclable packaging products.

It could be made to accommodate many of them, although current technology is limited to a few types – polyethylene and polypropylene ... certain plastic types in pyrolysis, such as polyvinyl chloride ...

PureCycle transforms polypropylene plastic into a versatile, replenishable resource through a unique purification process, involving multiple steps. The result is a PP-recyclate that can serve as ...

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The global plastics market has shown a robust and consistent growth and is expected to grow at a healthy 3.3% CAGR over the period 2024-2030. Polyethylene and polypropylene are the most widely used ...

For full-year 2024, regional PVC prices were down a net of 4 cents. But the market appears to be bouncing back, as makers of pipe and other construction products build inventories in advance of ...

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Not for use on polypropylene or polyethylene plastics ... For example, when it comes to gluing PVC pipe in a recently constructed bathroom, high-quality glue is required. Look at the tensile ...

Over half of the plastic ever made has been produced since 2000, and annual production is projected to double by 2050, according to the European Environment Agency. To date, only 9% of the ...