Under Poltava in the village of Makukhovka, a solid waste dump is burning for the second day. As the journalists of the “Phrase” found out, at present the work on extinguishing the fire continues. Information about the fire was confirmed in the management of the State Service for Emergency Situations of Ukraine in the Poltava […]
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Year: 2017
Karpatneftekhim will resume work on June 8
The launch of Karpatneftekhim, the largest Ukrainian polymer producer, is scheduled for June 8, the company’s press service reported. It is noted that the start of production after five years of downtime will occur due to the introduction of taxation of petrochemical raw materials. In December 2016, the Tax Code expanded the list of raw […]
Japanese chemists: a new catalyst will help to recycle plastic
Researchers from the Nagoya University have created a catalyst that works under mild conditions, which can be used to process plastics. Scientists presented the results of their work in the journal Scientific Reports. The protein and nylon from which, for example, jackets are made, have something in common. They are polymers whose monomer units are […]
UKRAINIAN PEOPLE IMPORT DECREASED BY 12% IN FIRST FOUR MONTHS
According to the results of the first four months of the year, the total volume of imports of polyethylene (PE) to Ukraine decreased by 12% compared to the same period of 2016 and amounted to 76.8 thousand tons. The demand for high-density polyethylene (LDPE) and low-density polyethylene (HDPE) has decreased, according to a report by […]
PTTGC has stopped the HDPE plant in Thailand on schedule
Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC), the leading Asian petrochemical company, suspended production at the Low-Pressure Polyethylene (HDPE) plant in Map Ta Phut (Thailand) on May 24 to conduct planned maintenance work, ICIS reported a source close to Company. It is planned that this enterprise with a capacity of 250 thousand tons of HDPE per year […]
Lviv people block streets with rubbish
The population of Lviv is forced to organize public actions in order to obtain cleaning of overcrowded garbage cans In the evening of May 22 local residents built an impromptu barricade of garbage bags in the Konduktorska street to draw attention to the problem of non-removal of domestic waste. Four police officers arrived in this […]
The Frenchmen offered the Lviv people to build a garbage processing plant
The French firm “Ezhis” proposes to build a waste recycling plant for Lviv in the territory of CHPP-2, said Christopher Round, the head of the project on developing a strategy for waste management for Lviv. “We examined three sites and came to the conclusion that the best option would be a site on the territory […]
Dow until June postponed the previously announced May increase in prices PE
Dow Chemical, an American petrochemical giant, postponed the introduction of a previously announced increase in polyethylene (PE) prices for May deliveries to the US, which was 3 cents per pound or USD66 per ton, ICIC reported citing a May 18 letter. This is the third time that the Dow has postponed the price increase. In […]
Spot prices of injection molded HDPE in Europe continue to decline
Spot prices of injection molded low density polyethylene (HDPE) in Europe continue to decline, ICIS reported citing sources in the market. In some cases, prices of injection-molded HDPE fell to EUR1,100 per tonne of FD NWE (north-western Europe), whereas in early May they exceeded EUR1,200 per tonne. Demand for polyethylene in Europe weakened in the […]
Lviv garbage got to Kiev
According to this fact, criminal proceedings were opened under Part 1 of Article 239 (illegal seizure of the soil cover (surface layer) of land In the village Podgortsy Obukhovsky district (Kiev region) police detained 4 trucks with Lviv garbage. This was reported by the police press service of the Kiev region, RBC-Ukraine reports. “Tonight in […]