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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

A shortage of plastic pipette tips is delaying biology research

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, a toilet paper shortage rattled shoppers and led to aggressive stockpiling and an increased interest in alternatives like bidets. Now, a similar crisis is affecting scientists in the lab: a shortage of disposable,...

source: Smithsonian Magazine

'Infinitely recyclable' plastic could help solve our waste crisis

The world is drowning in plastic, and part of the reason is that it’s incredibly hard to recycle most of the waste we create. According to new research though, “infinitely recyclable” plastics present an economically...

source: Singularity Hub

Westfall Technik Growth Impacts CPG and Medical Markets

Ex‐Nypro CEO Brian Jones is building a #molding juggernaut, and he's just getting started | By Robert Grace

source: Plastics Engineering magazine — An Official Publication of SPE

New process breaks down biodegradable plastics faster with heat, water

With Army funding, scientists invented a way to make compostable plastics break down within a few weeks with just heat and water. This advance will potentially solve waste management challenges at forward operating bases and offer additional...

source: Laboratory Equipment

Water-based surface treatment slashes plastics prep time by more than 90%

Oxford Advanced Surfaces, a pioneer and market leader in the surface preparation of plastic and composite components for painting and lacquering, has developed a new treatment that reduces surface preparation time by more than 90%...

source: Plastics Today

Plastic is the new toilet paper for scientists

Remember at the beginning of the pandemic when all these weird, previously basic seeming products were sold out at the store? Like toilet paper? For many of us, these shortages have gone away. But for scientists — no dice. All kinds of plastic lab supplies, like petri...

source: NPR

Scientists create world's 1st truly biodegradable single-use plastic that 'eats itself' in just 2 weeks

Despite our efforts to sort and recycle, less than 9% of plastic gets recycled in the U.S., and most ends up in landfill or the environment. Biodegradable plastic bags and containers could help, but if they’re...

source: Good News Network

The future looks bright for infinitely recyclable plastic

Plastics are a part of nearly every product we use on a daily basis. The average person in the U.S. generates about 100 kg of plastic waste per year, most of which goes straight to a landfill. A team led by Corinne Scown, Brett Helms, Jay Keasling, and Kristin Persson at...

source: Berkeley Lab

Weekly resin report: Prime resin still playing hard to get

Spot resin prices ended the week of April 12 modestly mixed, further consolidating but at a lofty level,...

source: Plastics Today

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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

A shortage of plastic pipette tips is delaying biology research

'Infinitely recyclable' plastic could help solve our waste crisis

Westfall Technik Growth Impacts CPG and Medical Markets

New process breaks down biodegradable plastics faster with heat, water

Water-based surface treatment slashes plastics prep time by more than 90%

Plastic is the new toilet paper for scientists

Scientists create world's 1st truly biodegradable single-use plastic that 'eats itself' in just 2 weeks

The future looks bright for infinitely recyclable plastic

Weekly resin report: Prime resin still playing hard to get

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