25.09.2018
- Ineos Styrolution and Canadian firms ReVital Polymers and Pyrowave have formed a partnership to recycle PS packaging, using the waste collected in consumer curbside and depot...
21.08.2018
- Finnish oil group Neste, which in the meantime bills itself as world’s leading producer of renewable diesel, has kicked off a development project to explore the potential of using...
30.03.2018
- In both the specialty and chemicals segments, companies can spur growth by yield optimization, capacity expansions with longer-term focus and new business models along the entire...
25.05.2017
- The European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP) has granted interim approval to the recyclability of polyethylenefuranoate (PEF) produced by Synvina, the BASF/Avantium joint venture. The...
30.01.2017
- In a proposed amendment to the EU’s packaging directive, the Environment Committee (ENVI) of the European Parliament (EP) has come out in favor of increasing the share by weight of...
23.01.2017
- A report first published in January 2016 and presented last week to a global audience at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, calls for a quantum leap in global...
11.07.2016
- San Francisco has passed one of the world’s most comprehensive laws banning the use of single-use plastic products. A sweeping ban on disposable polystyrene foam due to take effect...
