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A supplier is experimenting with a new method to make PHA resin — by growing it in plants. The technology may offer a lower-cost way to make the family of bio-based resins. Also, Karen Laird shared a detailed timeline on the history of chemical recycling of plastics.
Bioplastics can help companies reduce their carbon footprint but they need more work to become competitive with fossil fuel-based polymers.
Polyethylene prices have been flat despite the slumping economy, but there could be pressure on the market from some significant production issues. In the May Polymer Points Live, Frank Esposito talks about problems at the Shell PE plant in Monaca, Pa.
Polypropylene prices may be headed for a big drop in April, just a month after North American buyers saw an 8 cent per pound increase.
Karen Laird says the plastics industry is facing a “paradigm shift” to change from conventional fossil fuel feedstocks to bio-based alternatives.
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