Toray Industries, Inc. has developed a nylon 510 (N510) fiber that incorporates 100% ‘bio-based synthetic polymer content’ Ecodear N510,...

Asahi Kasei has teamed up with Shell to source feedstock derived from waste plastic to manufacture sustainable solution-polymerized...

In certain English-speaking countries, erasers are called rubbers, a least when I used them to correct my written mistakes in the 1970s....

A polyamide 6 grade from Japan’s Unitika is reinforced with CNFs, in this case cellulose nanofibers rather than carbon nanofibers. The...

An independent life cycle assessment (LCA) comparing paper pallet wrapping innovation, with conventional LLDPE-based stretch film...

Users of polylactic acid (PLA) biodegradable plastics now have one more option when it comes to recycling. Biodegradable plastics were...

An interesting report from Beyond Plastics appeared on our computer screens recently espousing plastics as the new coal in terms of...

LG Chem has developed a plastic material that can replace the metal in solar panel frames for the first time in Korea and has started...

Germany’s Lanxess has developed a 100-percent bio-based material made from polylactic acid and flax fabrics. The high-performance Tepex...

ExxonMobil has unveiled plans to establish up to 500,000 tonnes annually of advanced [chemical] recycling capacity across multiple global...

Dow Chemical plan to build the world's first net-zero carbon emissions integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives site with respect to...

Student designs life-saving device that rapidly stops bleeding from knife wounds In the year ending March 2019, 259 people were killed in...

The spate of green-tinged announcements from South Korea's petrochemical sector continues. Following on from its rebranding, SK Geo...

ADM Chairman and CEO Juan Luciano and LG Chem Vice Chairman and CEO Hak Cheol Shin inking the deal at ADM’s global headquarters in Chicago

SK Global Chemical has rebranded itself to SK Geo Centric effective August 2021 to highlight its strategic shift towards supporting a...

Several publications have picked up on our recent announcement regarding price forecasting of plastics. Please check out the links and...

A team of researchers from Sasol and the Catalysis Institute at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa has made advancements...

It’s always a challenge to digest the sustainability credentials of automakers given the inherently heavy environmental footprints of all...

Well driver, that 's your lot then! Driving will be banned from 2050 except for in "controlled environments" such as racing tracks...

When biaxially-oriented polyethylene (BOPE) was first touted as the mono-material alternative to polypropylene, polyamide and PET in...