The Danish company Plastix recycles old fishing nets and ropes. The granules produced are used by JSP International, among others, to manufacture expanded polypropylene (EPP).

Expanded Polypropylene from Maritime Plastic Waste

Schaumstoffe und Vorprodukte

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Polypropylen

Kunststoff

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Baustoffe

Kunststoff-Recycling

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From Fishing Net to Particle Foam

Susanne Schröder will become editor-in-chief of the magazines Kunststoffe and Kunststoffe international on December 1, 2020. The current editor-in-chief Dr. Karlhorst Klotz will leave the company by mutual agreement.

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Change in the Chief Editorial Office of Kunststoffe

In this interview with Kunststoffe, Alfred Stern, CEO of Borealis, explains why he considers fixed recycling quotas to be necessary and why voluntary commitments do not work.

Alfred Stern, CEO of Borealis, Talks about the Circular Economy

Schröder, Susanne

Streifinger, Florian

“Unfortunately, the Only Globally Accepted Ideology Is Money”

Bio-based plastics can lock away vast quantities of CO<sub>2</sub> in durable, recyclable applications and make a real contribution to climate protection. All that is needed for this is the right product design and a functioning circular economy. By focusing more on this approach, the plastics sector has the chance to evolve into a key industry of a green economy.

How Bio-Based Polymers Can Help Sequester CO<sub>2</sub> for the Long Term

Kunststoffe, biobasiert

Kunststoffe, bioabbaubar

Into the Future with Biopolymers

For a long time, chemical recycling was considered an unfinished addition to established material processes. In the meantime, however, some technologies are making the leap into large-scale industrial use: an overview of the various processes and providers.

Overview of the Various Processes and Suppliers

Polyurethan

What Is Happening in Chemical Recycling?

Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), the value chain initiative to increase the circularity of styrenic polymers, today announced that CEDAP, Compagnie Européenne Des Applications Plastiques, joins the organisation.

Polystyrol

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ABS / ASA-Kunststoffe

Polystyrol-Platten

Halbzeuge und Zwischenprodukte

Kunststoff-Halbzeuge

CEDAPJoins Styrenics Circular Solution

Following the world economic crisis, perspectives are called for. The properties of the materials are being continuously improved, not only for economic reasons. Attention is being focused more and more on the environmental aspect. Even the standard plastics are being developed further under the aspects of increased effectiveness through more efficient processing with reduced material input and at the same time improved quality. 

Polyethylen

Messeveranstalter

Commodity Plastics: Raising the Standards 

Materials for packaging have been optimized for the benefit of customers in terms of savings potential and efficiency. With improved polyolefin grades, pipes can be produced in larger sizes with greater strength than before and their long-term stability can be validated in a very much shorter time. Nearly all producers are answering society’s call for reduced CO2 emissions by offering materials that allow material consumption to be cut, derive from renewable resources or are biodegradable/compostable. 

Polyvinylchlorid

Commodity Plastics: Multilayered Development – Not Just in Films 

Whether it was the motto presented by the trade fair’s committee or threatened prohibition proceedings: material producers are getting more involved with sustainability. While some are participating in campaigns and initiatives, others are investigating more closely the basis of their raw materials and their products. In view of the challenge to create a circular economy for plastics, all other topics take second place this year.

Raw Materials Producers See Signs of the Times, and Implement them in Different Ways

Weichmacher

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Werkstoffe für additive Verfahren

Polyamide

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Styrol-Copolymerisate

Kreislaufwirtschaft

About Drivers and the Driven

Industrial companies, associations, and institutions concerned with the topics of circular economy and plastics sustainability will present themselves on the digital platform D-Expo Circular Economy from April 13 – 16, 2021.

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kunststoffe.de

Nachhaltigkeit

Regenerieren

Kunststoff-Regenerate

D-Expo Circular Economy - The Digital Trade Fair for Plastics Sustainability

From April 13 – 16, 2021 Hanser launches international virtual trade fair D-Expo Circular Economy for professionals with a focus on sustainability, recycling, eco-design, life-cycle, and more.

Digital Trade Fair for Plastics Sustainability

The central issue in all polyurethane applications is the conversion from the past linear economy into a circular economy, and the use of sustainable raw materials in manufacturing. To do so, manufacturers are taking measures such as using bio-based raw materials, chemical recycling, and CO2 as a synthesis component. Digitalization, electromobility, autonomous driving and the construction industry are also driving PU development.

Polyurethane (PU)

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Automotive

Elektronik

Polyurethan-Schaumstoffe (PUR)

Baubetrieb / Bauwirtschaft

Windkraft

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Erneuerbare Energie

Sustainable Growth

Styrenics can be polymerized using different technologies and it can be modified with a range of copolymers. The resulting plastics offer a wide range of properties allowing to customize them for different applications. Because of this range of properties they are suitable for many industries. Strong demand is for example driven by the automotive industry, healthcare and the packaging industry.

Styrenic Polymers

Verpackungsmaterial

Logistik

Medizintechnik

Medizinprodukte

Diverse Shapes and Applications

Lightweight construction, functionality and design are characteristic of material development in all areas of application for PC compounds, composites and films. The range of materials has enormous opportunities when it comes to the mobility of the future, lightweight structural construction with continuous fiber-reinforced composites, 5G technology and medical technology.

Polycarbonate (PC)

Polycarbonat

Present in a Multitude of Trends

Optics play an increasingly important role in plastic components. Glossy and even surfaces are decisive for an attractive appearance. With glass fiber-reinforced polyamides (PA), these requirements can usually only be achieved with an additional coating. A PA specially developed for surface design offers an alternative approach.

Aliphatic High-Performance Polyamide for Plastic Surfaces

Spritzgießen

Oberflächentechnik

Faserverbundwerkstoffe

Glossy Components without Painting

Borealis Launches Portfolio of Circular Polyolefins

The non fossil fuel-based portfolio offers same high quality and performance for applications in all industries.

Circular polyolefin products called Bornewables from Borealis, Vienna, Austria, produced with renewable feedstock derived entirely from waste and residue streams offer the same material performance as virgin polyolefins, yet with a reduced carbon footprint. As an important extension of the existing range of polyolefins, the Bornewables may be used for any number of applications in all industries. Using these innovative and more circular products will help enable customers to meet their own sustainability targets while maintaining existing quality standards.

Accelerating the Move to Plastics Circularity

The introduction of the Bornewables portfolio is another example of the many ways in which Borealis is putting its EverMinds mind-set to work in developing technologies and products which help accelerate the transition from a linear to a circular economy. These polyolefins are an alternative to conventional fossil fuel-based feedstocks, thus lowering the carbon footprint of the products without having to compromise on either quality or performance. Bornewables are suitable for the most demanding applications, including hygiene and food-contact.

Unlike renewable feedstocks produced with agricultural crops grown for food and livestock feed, the Bornewables are made of renewably-sourced feedstocks derived solely from waste and residue streams: from vegetable oil production as well as oil waste and residues; the timber industry; the food industry – for instance, used cooking oil. From a sustainability perspective, re-using waste to manufacture renewable feedstocks further enhances the Bornewables appeal.

The entire Bornewables portfolio has been ISCC Plus (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification) certified. This certification system ensures the traceability of the renewable, sustainably produced feedstock from its point of origin through the entire chain of custody.

Borealis AG  

https://www.borealisgroup.com

The Bornewables portfolio is suitable for the production of the most demanding applications, including hygiene and food-contact

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In March 2020 Borealis began producing polypropylene based on renewably-sourced feedstocks at its Belgian facilities in Kallo (foto) and Beringen

Produkt Borealis 25.11.2020

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