Sidewalk tiles from garbage

Waste management is an urgent problem throughout the world, but a particularly difficult situation in isolated cities that do not have access to disposal facilities. Taiwan’s architectural studio Miniwiz has developed an environmentally friendly solution: TRASHPRESSO, a mobile solar processing station that produces paving slabs from garbage. Wherever necessary, TRASHPRESSO uses local waste and recycles […]

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Petkim has raised the price of HDPE by USD20 per tonne

The Turkish polymer producer Petkim, whose controlling shareholder is the Azerbaijani SOCAR, has lowered the prices of injection molded and blown low pressure polyethylene (HDPE) by USD20 per tonne, ICIS source in the company said. According to the source, the main reason for the increase in prices was the growth of quotations of imported material. […]

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Ukraine approved the new rules for the preferential importation of raw materials for the Karpatneftekhim

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has allowed Karpatneftekhim LLC to purchase and import up to 147,000 tons of benzene and aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures on preferential terms, the Agency for Industrial Policy of Ukraine said. The relevant decision was made by the government at a meeting in Kiev on Wednesday. In addition, the Cabinet of […]

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The government approved the project Kharkiv Regional State Administration for the construction of a modern plant for processing solid domestic waste

The government approved the project of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration for the construction of a modern complex for the processing of solid domestic waste, which has no analogues in Ukraine, in the city of Dergachi. This is stated in the disposal of the Cabinet of Ministers, published today, RBC Ukraine reports. In accordance with […]

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A method for processing aluminum foil

Until now, most of the foil is transported to landfills or burned A researcher from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of Queens in Belfast (UK) Ahmed Osman received a pure aluminum single crystal from contaminated foil. The project is implemented within the framework of the university research program “Sustainable Energy”. […]

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European producers prolonged July PP prices

The August contract price of propylene in Europe was agreed at the level of July. Against this background, European producers went on to preserve the July export prices of polypropylene (PP) for supplies to the markets of the CIS countries in August, according to the Price Review of ICIS-MRC. Negotiations on the August level of […]

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DPO “Plastic” put into operation a new thermoplastic automatic machine

DPO “Plastic”, one of the largest processors of polymer materials in Russia, commissioned a new JSW J-280ADS injection molding machine, the company said. The fully automatic injection molding machine J-AD series of the fourth generation (manufacturer of “JSW Japanese Casting Machines”) has a clamping force of 280TN, JSW J-280ADS thermoplastic provides increased injection speed, improved […]

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