Polypropylene (PP) is an important packaging material that is sometimes overlooked and undervalued in the United States’ residential recycling stream. But that trend is rapidly changing, as the value ...

As one of the most commonly used plastics in the world, polypropylene presents a global environmental problem because of issues related to its recycling. Researchers have developed a new way of ...

Envision Plastics, St. Joseph Plastics and PureCycle Technologies LLC are U.S. companies that are trying to find innovative ways to recycle polypropylene (PP). As technology advances, global brands ...

Derived from used cooking oil, Braskem’s new mass-balanced Bio-Circular PP represents a significant step towards a circular economy, helping to displace fossil fuels PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ...

Researchers from Taiyuan University of Technology and Zhejiang University have developed a core-shell composite structure that significantly improves the low-temperature toughness of polypropylene (PP ...

A flurry of demand and month-end deals super-charged commodity resin trading the last week of February, making it the best week at the PlasticsExchange since December. Spot prices continued to ratchet ...

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today introduced SABIC® PP compound H1090 resin and STAMAX™ 30YH611 resin, two breakthrough materials well-suited for sheet extrusion and thermoforming ...

GAIL (India) Ltd. has let a contract to Lummus Technology and Clariant Catalysts for a project to expand polypropylene production at the company’s operations at Usar Industrial Area, Usar, Tehsil ...