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SPE Foundation Expands Scholarship Program to Support Detroit Students

The SPE Foundation offers numerous scholarships each year to assist students pursuing an education beneficial to their aspirations in the plastics industry. Last year 46 students at 27 universities were awarded over $129,000, many...

source: Plastics Engineering magazine - An Official Publication of SPE

North American manufacturing on the rebound, but headwinds are gathering

When manufacturing gets hit across the board, you can bet that...

source: Plastics Today

How to successfully navigate environmental regulations

Although focus on the pandemic momentarily shifted attention from environmental concerns, make no mistake, the heat is about to get turned back on. The fuel is a slew of legislation ranging from those under consideration at the state and local level, all the way up to federal...

source: Plastics Today

The ins and outs of using post-consumer resin in packaging

Nothing is so powerful as an idea whose time has come, French author Victor Hugo once wrote, and the idea of using post-consumer resin in packaging has arrived with a vengeance. Consumers are now demanding sustainable packaging options, and a growing number of brand owners,...

source: Canadian Plastics

Resin shortages continue to affect composites supply chain

A supply shortage of epoxy, polyester and vinyl ester resins, caused by U.S. winter storms and a variety of factors, continue to make headlines and affect the composites industry. As reported by Gardner Intelligence chief economist Michael Guckes in his latest Composites...

source: Composites World

Oxygen permeation analyzer for bottles, pods, and other whole package forms

A new analytical instrument to measure the oxygen transmission rate of whole packages at ambient environmental conditions has been launched by Ametek Mocon. The Ox-Tran 2/48 analyzer targets package permeation testing in the food,...

source: Plastics Technology

Researchers hit on possible solution for hard-to-recycle plastics

Researchers from the University of Delaware’s Center for Plastics Innovation have developed a direct method to convert single-use plastic waste into ready-to-use molecules for jet fuels, diesel and lubricants.

source: Canadian Plastics

Trash to treasure: Central Minnesota plastics lab a new way to recycle

Much of the plastic dumped in recycling containers in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, is shipped away to be turned into plastic lumber. But in a small room tucked in the corner of the recycling facility, Carl Zachmann is making something...

source: Park Rapids Enterprise

Using carbon dioxide to make greener plastics

The European Patent Office announces that German chemists Christoph Gürtler and Walter Leitner have...

source: Chem Europe

E-Comm Conversions

Booming growth of e‐commerce food shopping and deliveries intensifies search for compatible packaging-Story by Geoff Giordano

source: Plastics Engineering magazine - An Official Publication of SPE

Weekly resin report: Buyers drag feet, hoping price relief is in pipeline

Many industry participants anticipate a price correction as...

source: Plastics Today

Plastic containers to outperform all other fresh produce packaging types through 2024, according to analysis

A new Freedonia Group analysis forecasts U.S. demand for plastic containers in fresh produce applications to rise 5% per year through 2024, outpacing all other commonly used types of produce packaging.

source: Quality Assurance Magazine

Demand outpaces supply of recycled content plastic packaging

As interest in the circular economy grows, more companies have been setting goals to increase the recyclability and recycled content of their packaging. AMERIPEN – the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment, a policy-based trade association for the U.S....

source: Packaging Digest

Hydrocracking our way to recycling plastic waste

Researchers have developed a new method to convert single-use plastic waste into ready-to-use molecules for jet fuels, diesel and lubricants. It requires 50% less energy than other technologies and doesn't add carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. And their process can treat...

source: University of Delaware via ScienceDaily

New recycling technologies could keep more plastic out of landfills

It feels good to recycle. When you sort soda bottles and plastic bags from the rest of your garbage, it seems like you’re helping the planet. The more plastic you put in the blue bin, the more you’re keeping out of landfills,...

source: Science News for Students

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SPE Foundation Expands Scholarship Program to Support Detroit Students

North American manufacturing on the rebound, but headwinds are gathering

How to successfully navigate environmental regulations

The ins and outs of using post-consumer resin in packaging

Resin shortages continue to affect composites supply chain

Oxygen permeation analyzer for bottles, pods, and other whole package forms

Researchers hit on possible solution for hard-to-recycle plastics

Trash to treasure: Central Minnesota plastics lab a new way to recycle

Using carbon dioxide to make greener plastics

E-Comm Conversions

Weekly resin report: Buyers drag feet, hoping price relief is in pipeline

Plastic containers to outperform all other fresh produce packaging types through 2024, according to analysis

Demand outpaces supply of recycled content plastic packaging

Hydrocracking our way to recycling plastic waste

New recycling technologies could keep more plastic out of landfills

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