Polyplastic Group, the largest producer of polymer pipeline systems in Russia, plans to use secondary HDPE for use in the production of pipe products, the press service of the company said. The company aims to organize virtually waste-free production, 100% of production waste is recycled. In full accordance with the requirements of GOST, recycled HDPE […]
Number 1 in Ukraine. Sadovy spoke about the construction of a waste processing plant in Lviv
Lviv Mayor Andrei Sadovyi said that a waste processing plant will be built in two years in the city, the project has already begun. “To build the factory“ number 1 in Ukraine ”with in-depth waste processing and to make high-quality land reclamation at the Zbyranka landfill,” he said. According to Sadovoy, landfill rehabilitation is already […]
The consumption of EPS-plates in the Ukrainian market stabilized in the second half of November at a lower level
After a sharp decline in demand in the Ukrainian market of EPS-plates at the beginning of this month in the second half of November, the consumption of finished products stabilized at a new, lower level, according to the ICIS-MRC Price Review. The cost of Chinese and Russian expandable polystyrene (PSV-S) last week was on the […]
Ukraine reduced the import of Nizhnekamsk PSS / M and UPS / M for ten months of this year by 25%
The import of Russian general-purpose polystyrene (PSS / M) and high-impact polystyrene (UPS / M) manufactured by Nizhnekamskneftekhim to Ukraine decreased by 25% in January-October this year and amounted to 10.4 thousand tons, Market Report reported in DataScope. According to the results of ten months of last year, this indicator was at the level of […]
Petrochem. How polymers are born
How is polyethylene and polypropylene produced? If it’s very short, then first short fragments of monomers are made from long molecules of hydrocarbon raw materials, and then they are again joined into infinitely long chains. But during this process, substances undergo amazing chemical transformations. Some go through the heat, stronger than on Venus, and […]
Found a method of processing all types of plastic
Scientists say they learned how to convert plastics to the chemicals they were made from Two Australian scientists said they invented a technology that can recycle any type of plastic. It is reported by The Hill. Researcher Len Humphries and University of Sydney professor Thomas Mashmeyer said that the device they developed and patented can […]
Ukrainian import of polypropylene grew by 1% in January – October
According to the results of ten months of this year, the total volume of imports of polypropylene (PP) on the Ukrainian market amounted to 112.3 thousand tons, which is only 1% more than in 2018. The increase in supplies fell mainly on propylene block copolymers (PP block) In October, the volume of PP imports to […]
Ukrainian imports of polyethylene grew by 12% in January – October
According to the results of ten months of the year, the total volume of polyethylene imports to the Ukrainian market grew by 12% compared to the same period in 2018 and amounted to about 224.2 thousand tons. The largest increase in external supplies came from low-pressure polyethylene (HDPE), according to a DataScope review. Last month, […]
Science Helps Recycling Sector
In May 2019, the interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary research project Circular Plastics Network for Training (C-PlaNeT) was approved within the framework of the doctoral program of European universities, the funding amount of which reaches almost 4 million euros. A total of 15 doctoral students from eight European universities specializing in the fields of chemical research, development […]
Nizhnekamskneftekhim in November significantly limited the supply of substations to the Ukrainian market
Nizhnekamskneftekhim (NKNH, part of the TAIF group) in November significantly reduced the supply of high-impact polystyrene (UPS / M) and general-purpose polystyrene (PSS / M) to the Ukrainian market, according to the ICIS-MRC Price Review. So, according to several market participants, this month the plant will not ship the UPS / M and PSS / […]