Листопад 2023

  • Versalis Starts Construction of Chemical Recycling Plant for Mixed Waste in Mantua

    Versalis, Eni’s chemical company, has begun construction of a demo plant in Mantua to develop Hoop®, its proprietary technology for chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste. Hoop® stems from a joint project with Italian engineering company S.R.S. (Research and Development Services). The venture is aimed at developing an innovative technology that complements mechanical recycling by transforming…

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  • SABIC and Charge Amps to Manufacture EV Chargers with Renewable PC Housing

    SABIC and Charge Amps to Manufacture EV Chargers with Renewable PC Housing

    SABIC is enabling Charge Amps to manufacture electric vehicle (EV) chargers with a housing made from certified renewable polycarbonate (PC), a first for the industry. SABIC is supplying Charge Amps with its certified renewable grade LEXAN™ PC, supporting the EV charger provider’s commitment to develop the circular bioeconomy and help mitigate climate change issues. Using Bio-feedstock that…

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  • Borouge Partners with APPL to Develop Polymers that Incorporate Recycled Content

    Borouge Plc, a petrochemical company that provides innovative and differentiated polyolefin solutions, announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with India’s APPL Industries Limited (APPL), to develop polymer compounds that will incorporate recycled content. APPL is one of India’s largest polymer compounds manufacturers, serving various industries globally including automotive original equipment manufacturers…

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  • EPA Announces Nearly $4 Mn to the City of New Orleans to Improve Recycling Programs

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3,982,000 in funding to the City of New Orleans to improve material management and to improve existing recycling programs in the city. This announcement comes from president Biden’s Investing in America agenda to expand recycling infrastructure and waste management systems across the nation. Milestone in Journey Towards an…

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  • New Catalytic Recycling Process to Deconstruct Mixed Plastics into its Monomers

    New Catalytic Recycling Process to Deconstruct Mixed Plastics into its Monomers

    Conventional recycling of mixed plastics has previously meant manually or mechanically separating the plastics according to their constituent polymers. Addressing the issue, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used carefully planned chemical design, neutron scattering and high-performance computing to help develop a new catalytic recycling process. The catalyst selectively and sequentially…

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  • Evonik Introduces Three Block Copolymers for Parenteral Drug Delivery Applications

    Evonik Introduces Three Block Copolymers for Parenteral Drug Delivery Applications

    Evonik is strengthening its platform of parenteral drug delivery solutions with three new standard PLA-PEG di-block copolymers and a new nanoparticle formulation service using sonication technology. Nanosonication to Produce of Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery The copolymers (RESOMER® RP d) are especially suited to nanoparticle formation and can be used in a wide range of parenteral drug delivery…

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  • Hardness Rockwell M

    What is Rockwell M hardness of plastics? Rockwell hardness test is one possible method to measure the hardness of plastics. This test method is named after Stanley P. Rockwell, who invented it in 1914. It is generally used for hard materials, like: polyamide (PA), polycarbonate (PC), polystyrene (PS), or polyoxyethylene (POM). Here, the resilience or…

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