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Frozen treat brand GoodPop is the first food company to receive Plastic Neutral Product Certification from 4ocean, an ocean cleanup corporation that annually recovers millions of pounds of plastic and other debris from the world’s waterways. The two companies have also forged a two-year “ocean-positive sustainability partnership” that will further 4ocean’s global waterway cleanup work to help end the ocean plastic crisis.  As part of the partnership, GoodPop will offset…

DuPont announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Spectrum Plastics Group from global private equity firm AEA Investors for $1.75 billion. The purchase price will be paid from existing cash balances. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of 2023, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.  Spectrum is a provider of advanced manufacturing services to the…

Not surprisingly, materials are playing a key role as processors look to figure out ways to make their products more sustainability. This is the case in virtually all extrusion processes, from flexible and rigid packaging to PVC products for construction, and just about everything in-between. If you’re a supplier of materials in response to the sustainability or circular economy push, you have the opportunity to present the nuts and bolts of…

Researchers have developed a new technology that can help accurately measure data from faint electrical signals within the human body to provide diagnostic information for improved healthcare and disease response, they said. A team from Northwestern University has developed a novel transistor that can be used to enhance biocompatible biosensors to monitor biochemical signals, which can be weak but provide critical information to clinicians, they said. While current biochemical sensors…

Photo Credit: CMA by OPIS A recent webinar held by Houston-based Chemical Market Analytics (CMA) by OPIS (Oil Price Information Services, a Dow Jones company, addressed the challenges faced by the North American polyolefins industry. According to the experts from CMA, one of the most significant challenges faced by polyolefin suppliers may be maintaining economically feasible production rates while simultaneously ensuring a steady product flow to both the domestic and global markets.…

Not to disdain the BBC — a venerable news organization that has my respect — but it’s not typically my source for balanced reporting on the plastics industry. So, when I saw the headline, “Glass or plastic: Which is better for the environment?,” I figured I knew where the writer would land. Well, knock me over with a polyester feather: I was wrong. Readers of PlasticsToday are well aware that, when…