Karen Laird

PHA producer Danimer Scientific has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Novomer Inc., a biotechnology company with proprietary technology to produce biodegradable and compostable plastic biopolymers, in a cash transaction valued at $152 million.

The American Cleaning Institute is fighting back against a report claiming that the film on detergent pods is contributing to pollution.

Covestro, Advanced Polymer Technology and Polytan jointly developed the Poligras Tokyo GT field hockey surface. Used as a flooring in the hockey fields at this summer's major sporting event in Tokyo, it contains a polyurethane raw material from Covestro produced with up to 20 percent CO₂.

In December 2020, the 1,000th machine for Erema was shipped to South Carolina, from Erema headquarters in Austria, and is now in operation at the facility of recycling service provider PreZero to recycle post consumer plastic waste.

As a strategic partner to Alterra, Ravago will supply pre-processed — shredded, dried and densified — waste plastic to Alterra's Akron, Ohio, facility, where it will be processed into pyrolysis oil.

Faerch Plast A/S, a Denmark-based supplier of sustainable rigid packaging, is entering the U.S. market through the acquisition of MCP Performance Plastic Ltd.

A value-chain project in which 5 partners - Dow, Syntegon, Comexi, Plastchim-T and Ticinoplast - were involved has resulted in the creation of a new, more sustainable food pouch.

The European Union Commission adopted a wide-ranging set of energy and climate proposals July 14 aimed at creating a "concrete roadmap" to reach climate neutrality by 2050.

A Turkish ban on imports of plastic waste that went into place July 2 has already been updated in favor of new controls on polyethylene for recycling.

Austrian plastics recycling machine manufacturer Erema Group has become a member of Chemical Recycling Europe.

While still recovering from the impact of the pandemic, since January 2021 the plastics processing sector in Europe has been facing a new challenge: Raw material shortages and concomitant price increases.

Italy-based CMG Granulators, a manufacturer and supplier of size reduction solutions for the plastics industry, has today launched a the new e-commerce platform designed to simplify and speed up the process of spare parts procurement for its customers.

Avient Corp.'s Walter Ripple defines sustainability as: "Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future."

Thailand-based Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), has announced plans to construct a new PET recycling facility in Karawang, West Java.

Benvic has announced that the acquisition, first disclosed in January 2021, of the compounding facilities owned by Celanese in Ferrara, Italy has now been successfully concluded.