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ArticleDow and Mura Technology collaborate to expand global advanced recycling capacity
Dow and Mura Technology have announced plans to build multiple facilities in the US and Europe, which the companies say could add as much as 600 kilotons (KT) of aggregate advanced recycling capacity by 2030 and will apparently enable the HydroPRS technology to be scaled globally.
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ArticleDow receives certification for post-consumer recycled content of PE compound resins
Dow has announced that its polyethylene (PE) resins, REVOLOOP, have been certified by AENOR as containing at least 30% post-consumer recycled content with the traceability of the production process also confirmed.
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ArticleDow expands flexible packaging recycling initiative to new markets in Africa
Following a successful pilot phase in Nigeria with approximately 520 metric tonnes of flexible packaging waste diverted into mechanical recycling streams and new applications, Dow has announced that its flexible packaging recycling initiative, Project REFLEX, will be expanded to Egypt and Guinea.
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ArticleNew investment by Dow aimed at developing more energy efficient advanced recycling
Dow and Plastogaz SA have announced a strategic investment to develop the latter’s catalytic hydrocracking technology for advanced recycling, which the companies claim is less energy-intensive than other forms of advanced recycling.
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ArticleDow launches PCR shrink film for bottled water with Lotte
Dow and Lotte Chilsung Co. have collaborated on a new collation shrink film (CSF) for bottled water made from material containing 20% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content.
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ArticleExpansion to global capabilities for circular plastics from Dow
Dow says its advancements in the USA and Europe will enable it to produce circular polymers from material previously considered unrecyclable, adding that it is currently seeking third-party certification for product assurance for its customers.
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ArticleKey industry players unite on pouch-to-pouch mechanical recycling concept
Dow, HP, Reifenhäuser, Cadel Deinking, and Karlville have announced a “pioneering” proof of concept for recycling PE-based barrier pouches into new, high-quality PE pouches that the companies say are suitable for repeat recycling.
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ArticleA closer look at Dow’s and Bolloré’s new recyclable food contact barrier shrink film
Dow and Bolloré have joined forces on a pilot project which enables the use of recycled content in new food-contact packaging, which can in turn be recycled after use.
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ArticleDow to help scale ‘game-changing’ advanced recycling solution
Dow and Mura Technology today announced a partnership to scale up the latter’s advanced plastic recycling solution.
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ArticleEnhancing the properties of polymers
As we settle into 2021, we take a glance at how some of the leading players in materials science are continuing to address the need to improve the recyclability and functionality of packaging polymers.
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ArticleDow presents AFFINITY™ RE. made from bio-based feedstocks
Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics has announced the expansion of its high-performance AFFINITY™ GA polyolefin elastomers (POE) with the launch of bio-based AFFINITY™ RE.
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ArticleSuccessful commercialization of shrink films using recycled plastic announced by Dow and Plastigaur
Dow has today announced the first large-scale commercial use of its AGILITY CE resin, made with 70% recycled plastic.
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ArticleDow expands Kenyan plastic waste recovery initiative
Dow has announced the extension of its partnership with recycling company, Mr. Green Africa, in an effort to help fight the plastic waste challenge in Kenya and advance a circular economy for plastics in Africa.
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ArticleDow announces release of PE-based alternative to BOPP and BOPET
Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics has introduced a new range of tenter frame, biaxially-oriented polyethylene (TF-BOPE) for linear low, medium, and high-density packaging films.
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ArticleLast call for entry to Dow’s 2020 Packaging Innovation Awards
Entry for the industry’s longest-running independently judged awards program, which is sponsored by Dow, closes on July 17th.
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ArticleUPM Raflatac joins forces with Dow to launch bioplastic label film
UPM Raflatac and Dow have collaborated to launch what they say is the industry’s first wood-based polyethylene label film.
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ArticleDow and Doxa Plast join forces to deliver stretch films made with renewable resources
Dow and Doxa Plast have announced the commercialization of a family of bio-based stretch films aimed at addressing the increasing demand for more sustainable solutions that use alternative renewable feedstocks.
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ArticleJoin Packaging Europe for an unmissable live discussion!
Join Packaging Europe for its first live broadcast discussing flexible packaging and sustainability through the prism of COVID-19
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ArticleAdding value to polymers
How do we determine the value of polymers in a vast global marketplace, and with a balancing act between developing solutions by adding properties to polymers, versus the overall carbon emissions and sustainability of the packaging material?
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An exclusive interview with Dow ahead of interpack 2020
In anticipation of interpack 2020, we spoke with Dow about circularity in plastics and its advancements in feedstock and mechanical recycling.