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Heat and bacteria recycle mixed plastics into useful chemicals
Nature
Mixtures of plastics, usually a headache to recycle, have been broken down into useful, smaller chemical ingredients in a two-step process, reported in Science on Oct. 13.
The plastics problem facing the planet is exacerbated by the difficulty of recycling these robust materials. Although chemical methods exist to chop up their long polymer chains, these techniques have been difficult to implement at scale, partly because recycling needs to deal with mixtures of plastics.
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PET and HDPE scrap prices rise
Plastics Recycling Update
Reclaimers are paying more for bales of post-consumer PET and HDPE this month, but the price of PP scrap has plummeted since September.
The price of PET beverage bottles and jars came up this month by about 13% percent. PET scrap is now averaging 8.50 cents per pound, compared with 7.53 cents per pound this time last month.
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Wacker Chemical Corporation
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Extreme Coatings
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'Smart plastic' material is step forward toward soft, flexible robotics and electronics
UT News
Inspired by living things from trees to shellfish, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin set out to create a plastic much like many life forms that are hard and rigid in some places and soft and stretchy in others. Their success — a first, using only light and a catalyst to change properties such as hardness and elasticity in molecules of the same type — has brought about a new material that is 10 times as tough as natural rubber and could lead to more flexible electronics and robotics.
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How are bioplastics made?
AZO Materials
Bioplastics offer improved material properties and potentially lower environmental impacts than conventional plastic materials made from petrochemicals. “Drop-in” bio-based plastics are compatible with current recycling processes, and some of these products are designed for biodegradation.
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Resin price report: Downward pricing pressure still a factor
Plastics Today
Pricing took a familiar path, as Prime polyethylene was stable for a sixth consecutive week and Prime polypropylene extended losses into its fifth straight month, reports the PlasticsExchange in its Market Update. A clear difference between both resin markets is quite apparent, as producers continue to resist lowball offers from PE buyers seeking bargains while simultaneously discounting PP prices to move material.
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Team uses carbon dioxide to make green bioplastics
Futurity
A new system that uses carbon dioxide to produce biodegradable plastics, or bioplastics, could replace the nondegradable plastics used today, researchers say.
The research addresses two challenges: the accumulation of nondegradable plastics and the remediation of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Why compression ratio is important
Plastics Technology
One of the terms you hear talked about is the compression ratio of a screw. Some have assumed the compression ratio is designed just with feeding in mind. Not so. The compression ratio has to be established not just to feed enough solid polymer to fill the screw, but also to introduce enough shear heating in the screw to complete melting.
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Accurately tracking how plastic biodegrades
Mirage News
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an approach to accurately record and fully track the biodegradation of plastics in soils.
Modern agriculture uses a lot of plastic, especially in the form of mulch film that farmers use to cover field soils. This keeps the soils moist for crops, suppresses weeds and promotes crop growth.
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The 6 key steps of a successful design for manufacturing program
Plastics Today
Many industries and, indeed, companies have their own unique definitions of design for manufacturing, including how to apply it and the benefits it brings to themselves, their customers, and the end user. For the sake of clarity, we'd like to suggest a methodology that we've used successfully with thousands of customers over the years. With some slight modifications, we believe this approach can work in just about any industry making any type of finished product.
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Promoted by Polyfil
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CROSSITOL® masterbatches can be used in a wide range of applications including cast and blown film extrusion. Its technology is coupled with N3Cure’s curing system to target specific layers for crosslinking, downgauging, and production costs.
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