The flexible packaging industry is once again at a critical crossroads. Insights gained from talking shop at ReFED and the Global Pouch Forum defined for me the critical nature of this crossroad. One road — the straight and narrow road — leads to an uncertain future and less sustainable packaging. The other road — tough and complex — expands the role of flexible packaging in preventing food waste. Taking these…
Images: Robin Kent How does a plastics manufacturer who wants to be environmentally responsible measure a plant’s or firm’s progress toward that goal? As one attempt to answer that question, I recently tackled the daunting subject of carbon footprints. I find it daunting because of the breadth and depth of research required. It seems like what my father used to call “wrestling a cotton octopus”—the more you try to wrap…
Home Products International Inc. is asking a bankruptcy court to allow the sale of assets instead of proceeding with an auction. The proposed buyer intends to restart production.
Missouri has become the 20th state to adopt industry-backed legislation on chemical recycling.
A roundup of new hires and promotions in the plastics industry.
PureCycle Technologies (Orlando, FL) is partnering with the Jacksonville Jaguars to tackle the problem of single-use polypropylene (PP) waste that accumulates at the football team’s TIAA Bank Field. The initiative kicks off this summer, in advance of the 2022-2023 National Football League season. The goal is to divert more than 500,000 pieces of PP waste, generated at more than 50 games and events, from landfills and waterways. TIAA Bank Field,…
Sabic has introduced a specialized portfolio of Sabic PP compounds for foam injection molding (FIM). New mineral-reinforced Sabic PPc F9005, PPc F9007, and PPc F9015 grades can help deliver attractive aesthetics for visible automotive interior parts with complex geometries, such as door panels and trim, seat and trunk cladding, A/B/C/D pillar covers, and center consoles. Unlike standard FIM materials, which typically exhibit surface defects, the new advanced PP compounds feature…
Domo Chemicals, a producer of engineered polyamide materials, has partnered with Hynamics, a 100% subsidiary of EDF Group specializing in the production of low-carbon hydrogen, with the objective of achieving zero-carbon for 100% of the hydrogen used at the Belle-Étoile industrial site south of Lyon, France, in the heart of the Vallée de la Chimie (Chemistry Valley). The so-called HyDom project will install an 85-MW hydrogen production plant using the…
Join us August 2nd at 10am (edt) for a discussion of innovative recycling technologies! Plastics recyclers and their partners are pioneering innovative new ways to help to make the plastics supply chain more circular. In our August Sustainable Plastics Live, Karen Laird will recap highlights from the Plastics Recycling Show Europe including the top award winners. We’ll also preview of sustainability-related news we can expect to see in October at…
Published 7/8/2022 | 1 MINUTE READ Resin pricing, a plant tour, best practices, recycling, sustainability and more garnered interest from Plastics Technology’s web visitors in June. #bestpractices