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Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Plastic Waste Plastic
Asahi Kasei has teamed up with Shell to source feedstock derived from waste plastic to manufacture sustainable solution-polymerized...
Nov 26, 20212 min read


Phthalate-free Erasers Clean Up Those Crumbs
In certain English-speaking countries, erasers are called rubbers, a least when I used them to correct my written mistakes in the 1970s....
Nov 17, 20212 min read


Unitika Debuts CNF-reinforced Polyamide; but it's the other CNF
A polyamide 6 grade from Japan’s Unitika is reinforced with CNFs, in this case cellulose nanofibers rather than carbon nanofibers. The...
Nov 12, 20211 min read


Paper-based Pallet Stretch Wrap Shows Lower Climate Impact than Plastic
An independent life cycle assessment (LCA) comparing paper pallet wrapping innovation, with conventional LLDPE-based stretch film...
Nov 5, 20212 min read


Is biodegradable plastic best chemically-recycled?
Users of polylactic acid (PLA) biodegradable plastics now have one more option when it comes to recycling. Biodegradable plastics were...
Oct 28, 20212 min read


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