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Toray Supports Amenity Aid and Helps Provide Hygiene Supplies to Rhode Islanders

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November 13, 2022, ... To help address the problem, Toray Plastics (America), Inc., recently made a financial contribution to Amenity Aid Rhode Island, which serves vulnerable populations by improving access to essential hygiene ...

TAPPI European PLACE Conference Offers Valuable Educational and Networking Opportunities

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September 26, 2022, ... planning your conference agenda. You also won’t want to miss the keynote address, ‘The Importance of Food-Grade Recyclates for the Circular Plastics Economy’ by Horst-Christian Langowski, Ph.D., Professor ...

The “5R” Framework: An Approach Designed to Reduce Packaging Waste

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September 20, 2022, ... two million tons, according to the World Economic Forum. To address this issue, major brand owners have joined various regional plastics pacts around the world, including the US Plastics Pact, and made ...

CIRCULAR ECONOMY FORUM AT K 2022

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September 06, 2022, VDMA and 13 member companies present the latest technologies for circular economy in the plastics industry at K 2022 VDMA and 13 member companies present the latest technologies for circular economy ...

Rust to Tech: Part 4

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September 05, 2022, ... a final production run. Canisters are prototyped for customers to test market new products, brands and designs. Sustainability & Environment Some say plastics will never be biodegradable. Responding ...

Keynote Speaker Announced for TAPPI’s 18th Biennial European PLACE Conference

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August 07, 2022, ... Recyclates for the Circular Plastics Economy,” Dr. Langowski will share his insight and experience about the future of both consumables and packaging amidst increasing global awareness. This year’s conference ...

Third-Party Certifications Can Validate Sustainability Claims

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July 10, 2022, ... has already been written about the lack of recycling processing infrastructure in the U.S., but recent investments show that the plastics industry is willing to step up and contribute to the complicated ...

Sustainability Beyond Recyclability

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July 04, 2022, ... reduce fossil-fuel-based plastics while often reducing their carbon footprint. The reduced reliance on virgin polymers helps support sustainability goals without sacrificing product protection. If a customer ...

The Importance of Monomaterial Polypropylene Laminates in Flexible Packaging

(Bag Pouch)

June 26, 2022, ... lidding, flow wraps, VFFS, sachets and pouches and in several market sectors including confectionery, baked goods, pet food and snacks. About the Author Steve Langstaff, CEng (IOM3) in Plastics Engineering ...

Charter Next Generation Invests in Marine Plastic Pollution Clean-Up Efforts

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May 24, 2022, ... Philippines. 2.7 million metric tons of plastic waste are generated in the Philippines each year with about 20 percent ending up in the ocean. An estimated 163 million pieces of single-use plastics known ...

World’s First Dedicated Production Line for Sustainable and Floatable Shrink Sleeve Film Opened in Poland

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May 05, 2022, Innovia Films (Innovia), a major producer of highly differentiated speciality films announces the opening of a new 6.2 meter multi-layer co-extrusion line at its site in Płock, Poland. Innovia Films ...

3D Neopac Announces Technology Investments in EcoDesign Tubes, Decoration and Capacity Extension

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April 07, 2022, ... items include reducing packaging weight (light-weighing), increasing recyclability (mono-material/PE), using recyclates, and replacing certain plastics with paper. 3D Neopac will market various eco-design ...

Starlinger Viscotec: Heat Resistant and Fully Recyclable Rpet100 Material Wins Re|focus Sustainable Innovation in Material Award 2022

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April 04, 2022, ... 2022. The Sustainability Innovation awards recognize outstanding innovations in plastics manufacturing that further environmental advantages in design, material and end of life management. “We are honored ...

Neopac’s Polyfoil MMB® Tube Approved by USA’s Association of Plastic Recyclers

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February 07, 2022, ... and just 2 percent of foreign material. At the end of 2020, Polyfoil® MMB tubes became the first such tube/cap combination successfully tested by RecyClass, an initiative by Plastics Recyclers Europe. ...

K 2022 Scientific Council Started Preparations

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November 29, 2021, ... and high-performance materials. From October 19 – 26, 2022 the international plastics and rubber industry will meet at K 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany to present their contributions for a solution. As the ...

PolyQuest to Expand Darlington, South Carolina Facility for the Eighth Time

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May 31, 2021, ... recycled PET and other thermoplastics. PolyQuest is adding 15 new jobs at the Darlington site with plans to increase. Construction has already begun at the site with an anticipated completion date of ...

New GR360 from Lundberg Tech Cuts Tough Waste Materials Down to Size

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May 04, 2021, ... at the same time may be achieved. A sustainable waste management approach, the GR360 granulating system automatically captures, cuts, and removes label matrix, textiles, carpeting, plastics, Kevlar, ...

The Value of Specialised Experience

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April 26, 2021, ... a greater degree of joined-up thinking needs to be applied. The plastics industry itself is already assisting with this by switching from multi-layer films for special applications to single layer materials ...

Converting Equipment Manufacturer Unveils 2021 Line of Trim and Waste Granulators

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March 11, 2021, ... clean, precise cutting of labels, tapes, paper, plastics, cardboard, textiles, nonwovens, and other materials as thin as 5 micrometers. Consistent, quiet, non-stop performance at speeds up to 8,202 feet/minute ...

Avery Dennison’s Full Film Portfolio Receives APR Recognition

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January 11, 2021, ... seeking to enhance the recyclability of rigid HDPE and the first to offer APR recognized films for flexible PE plastics. The APR Critical Guidance is a comprehensive laboratory scale protocol used to ...