Players in the European polystyrene market (PS) are negotiating an increase in July contract prices of EUR20-35 per tonne compared to June contracts amid rising costs of the main raw materials – styrene, ICIS reports citing sources in the market. The first contracts for polystyrene for general use (MSS / M) were agreed at EUR35 […]
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European polyethylene continues to become cheaper for the CIS markets
The July contract price for ethylene in Europe was agreed at EUR50 per tonne below the June level. But most of the European producers of polyethylene (PE) have gone to a greater reduction in export prices than the value of the decline in the cost of ethylene, according to the ICIS-MRC Price Review. Negotiations on […]
World experience of garbage processing
Clothes, art installations, islands and other ways to use waste for useful purposes. With the development of technology, the problem of garbage processing should become less urgent. Scientific inventions lead to new, albeit not ordinary solutions. And in some countries, innovative ideas are already being fully implemented. Sorting The most famous and one of the […]
Prices of HDPE in Europe continue to decline
Prices of low-pressure polyethylene pipes (HDPE) in Europe are falling amid falling prices for the main raw materials – ethylene, ICIS reports with reference to sources in the market. Unlike the situation in June, when the prices of HDPE fell proportionally to the reduction of ethylene quotations, in July the prices of HDPE show a […]
A biodegradable polymer was obtained from deoxyribose and carbon dioxide
Fig. 1. Graphic demonstration of a method developed by chemists from the University of Batsk to convert carbon dioxide and carbohydrates into biodegradable plastic. © Georgina Gregory from bath.ac.uk Researchers at Bath University have developed a process that allows the conversion of carbohydrate to deoxyribose and carbon dioxide into a cyclic carbonate that can be […]
Near Kiev there was a large warehouse
Burning recycled materials were extinguished for more than three hours In Boryspil last night, a warehouse with recyclable material caught fire. Rescuers at the scene of the incident on the Kiev highway were called on July 6 at 19:39, according to the State Emergency Service of the Kiev region. Upon arrival at the place of […]
Prices of black pipe PE 100 in Asia remain high
The prices of black pipe polyethylene (PE 100) in Asia remain at a high level on the back of high demand and limited supply, ICIS reports citing sources in the market. The supply of the material remains limited due to the growing demand in the market in China and South-East Asia. According to market participants, […]
Karpatneftekhim launches production of polyethylene
The largest petrochemical plant in Ukraine, Karpatneftekhim (Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk region), on July 6, resumed the production of low pressure polyethylene (HDPE) after five years of downtime, the company said. Karpatneftekhim fully resumed production of HDPE and started production of PVC according to the representatives of the enterprise. The first start-up of polyethylene capacities was held […]
Polypropylene once again fell in price for the CIS markets for supplies in July
The July contract price for propylene in Europe was agreed at EUR50 per tonne below the June price. Nevertheless, a part of European manufacturers went to a more substantial reduction in export prices of polypropylene (PP) in the current month for the markets of the NF countries than a reduction in the price of the […]
In Kiev, plans to build the first in Ukraine waste treatment centers
In Kiev, 5 landfills are recultivated, the “Energria” plant is being reconstructed and new Waste Management Centers are coming in which they are going to sort household waste with the maximum selection of resource-related components – glass, plastic, metal and paper, so-called conventional fuel. This was announced by the deputy chairman of the Kyiv city […]