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Focus on recycled content prompts search for the best way to hit targets 

Focus on recycled content prompts search for the best way to hit targets 

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Focus on recycled content prompts search for the best way to hit targets  One thing that gets wide agreement now in the plastics waste debate — from American Chemistry Council policy papers to the Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act in Congress — is that the U.S. needs more government mandates for recycled content.

Summer came to a close in North America with August price increases for polypropylene, polystyrene and PVC resins.

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Regional prices for polyethylene resins and PET bottle resin finished flat for the month, but a PE increase attempt didn't go down without a fight.

Summer came to a close in North America with August price increases for polypropylene, polystyrene and PVC resins.
Supply improvements finally providing some relief for PE buyers

Supply improvements finally providing some relief for PE buyers

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North American polyethylene prices declined by an average of 5 cents per pound in November as improving supplies caught up with demand for the material. PE prices in the region also had dropped 5 cents in October. The October decline was the first seen in the PE market in 17 months. Prices had surged since early 2020 as a res...

Asian ABS market closes 2021 on a downward trend

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The Asian ABS market has mostly tended to slide since around mid-September if not for occasional price spikes. A combination of bearish factors including increased supply, low season, and falling spot styrene prices maintained the downward momentum in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Asian ABS market closes 2021 on a downward trend
Circulus aims to be a major LDPE film recycler

Circulus aims to be a major LDPE film recycler

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For Circulus Holdings PBLLC, the company's approach is literally in the name. With one low-density polyethylene film recycling facility recently opening in California, the Houston-based company not only wants to make a difference in plastic recycling but also wants to impact lives along the way.

‘Deluge of plastic waste’: US is world’s biggest plastic polluter

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The US is the world’s biggest culprit in generating plastic waste and the country urgently needs a new strategy to curb the vast amount of plastic that ends up in the oceans, a new report submitted to the federal government has found.

‘Deluge of plastic waste’: US is world’s biggest plastic polluter
Canada plastics pact members have ‘eyes wide open' on costs to go green

Canada plastics pact members have ‘eyes wide open' on costs to go green

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Canada recycles just 12 percent of its plastic packaging — about 21 percent of its rigid containers but only 1 percent of its flexible packaging. A new plan released Oct. 21 from some major consumer product companies and other groups, however, hopes to change that.

Canadian fuel cell polymer maker expands

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A Canadian maker of specialty polymers and ion-exchange membranes for hydrogen fuel cells is setting up a research center in Rochester, N.Y.

Canadian fuel cell polymer maker expands
Teel Plastics wins $4.65M DOD grant to boost COVID-19 swabs capacity

Teel Plastics wins $4.65M DOD grant to boost COVID-19 swabs capacity

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The U.S. Department of Defense is once again giving Teel Plastics LLC funds to boost domestic production of COVID-19 swabs. Baraboo, Wis.-based Teel announced Nov. 18 that it was awarded a $4.65 million firm-fixed price contract to expand production capacity of extruded swab sticks.

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