polystyrene

5 min read 2021-12-10 07:58:16

Petrochemicals health warning: beware of vanishing feedstocks

By John Richardson NEW STEAM cracker projects are still being announced on the assumption that they will still be needed 20 years and more from now

5 min read 2021-11-30 19:52:54

By John Richardson THE CHART BELOW shows that 60% of global benzene production in 2021-2040 is forecast to be made via technologies linked to

5 min read 2021-11-30 19:52:54

By John Richardson THE CHART BELOW shows that 60% of global benzene production in 2021-2040 is forecast to be made via technologies linked to

1 min read 2021-11-26 18:06:21

INEOS Styrolution, has confirmed its decision to invest into a pilot plant for advanced recycling of polystyrene. The site will be set up in

1 min read 2021-11-23 03:02:23

Every year the world produces 14 million tons of—non-biodegradable—polystyrene foam. The general-purpose plastic is hard, brittle, and cheap. And

1 min read 2021-11-13 02:30:00

The Scottish government has announced it will ban the sale of plastic straws, cutlery and polystyrene food packaging next year. This is part of a

4 min read 2021-11-10 23:05:00

1 min read 2021-11-10 16:45:25

A new initiative has been launched by the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) to collect polystyrene at its eight reuse and recycling centres (RRCs)

1 min read 2021-10-19 23:55:45

Image: Nora Meides. A June 18, 2021 news item on phys.org announces the results of research into how materials made of plastic break down into

1 min read 2021-07-18 14:19:51

By John Richardson STATISTICS, if you do not look at them in the right way, can be very misleading. This is the case with last week’s excitement

1 min read 2021-07-08 13:49:04

Note that, as always, the views expressed here are personal. Thank you. By John Richardson Executive Summary The big Western energy companies –

1 min read 2021-06-29 13:53:00

By John Richardson POLYMER BUYERS outside northeast (NEA) and southeast Asia (SEA) have a big opportunity to save millions of dollars on

4 min read 2021-03-05 17:36:37

Thanks to a bill passed by the General Assembly and headed to the governor’s desk, by 2025, polystyrene foam containers for takeout food will no

5 min read 2021-01-31 15:44:21

By John Richardson THE ABOVE chart on the left – showing average month-on-month percentage increases in China’s polypropylene (PP) imports in

2 min read 2020-12-07 17:22:32

A partnership led by Total today (7 Dec) announced that they have successfully run a pilot test aiming at using certified chemically recycled