Technology

A French chemical company has announced industrial-scale production of a recycled polyamide 6.6 resin made from airbag fabrics. Lyon, France-headquartered...

A recyclable, recycled-content polyester material has been developed for automotive components, and a high-molecular-weight PLA could replace PP in packaging....

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Chicago residents are closer to paying bag fees, and plastics recycling equipment innovations were on display at Germany's K show....

Equipment makers display their latest plastics recycling technologies every three years at the K trade show. Following are details on...

Montreal-based Loop Industries is working to commercialize its heatless, pressureless PET depolymerization technology after raising millions of dollars from investors...

A facility near London is using a new baffled oscillation technology to separate PP and PE in a water tank,...

A new compatibilizer boosts the properties of plastics made from mixed streams of PP and PE, according to DuPont. The...

The struggling maker of a PHA-based additive to boost the properties of recycled PVC has sold its plastics business. Massachusetts-based...

Scientists are using an enzyme to break down PET and PU into their component monomers and then employing bacteria to...