Utilization in Ukrainian: the tariff will be raised, and garbage will be scrapped in one tank or taken to Europe

From January 1, 2018, the law comes into force, obliging the population of Ukraine to sort household waste. How this will be implemented in practice, they do not even know in the Ministry of Ecology – in fact the legislators did not provide for any mechanisms or normative documents for this procedure. And most importantly, […]

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The PS margin in Europe fell to various levels in October against the background of a decrease in PS and styrene prices

The level of the integrated internal margin (the difference between the selling price and the cost of material) in Europe for polystyrene (PS) in October was different, ICIS reported with reference to the report on the margin. Thus, the integrated internal margin for general purpose polystyrene (PCS / M) fell by 6.9%, and for impact-resistant […]

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PE Prices in Saudi Arabia Decreased

The price proposal for polyethylene (PE) in Saudi Arabia declined amid a weakening of demand and a broad supply, ICIS reports citing sources in the market. According to market representatives, the largest regional producer announced a decrease in film PE prices at USD10 per ton. Prices of high-pressure polyethylene film (LDPE) were at the level […]

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Ukrainka came up with a new way of processing polyethylene and won at the Olympics in ecology in Brazil

Two young Ukrainian inventors received gold awards at the International School Olympiad on Ecology in Brazil. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Education. A pupil of grade 11 of the Mariupol technical lyceum Ekaterina Malkina won with the project New method of biogenic utilization of high density polyethylene (HDPE). It […]

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Ukraine has big problems with garbage

Launched landfills are dangerous for nature and attract criminals Initially, I was going to make a report about a huge garbage dump near the village of Gribovichi near the city of Lviv in the west of Ukraine. However, I just could not get there. This is one of the largest landfills in Europe, it is […]

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Innovative Technologies for Recycling Polymers

The Gneuss GPU technology unit was released a few years ago and has already proven itself in the recycling of bulk PET wastes such as bottle flakes and industrial wastes of fibers and films. It consists of an extruder with a multi-rotational (MRS) system with high degassing and cleaning processes, an effective rotary melt filtration […]

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