By Bruce Geiselman

Custom-engineered recycled resins

Polymer Resources expands its sustainable materials portfolio with flame-retardant properties.

Tapping into PEF’s potential

Dutch company Avantium is on the verge of commercial production of recyclable bioplastic compatible with PET.

Minimizing impact, maximizing performance

Circular Polymers by Ascend has launched a new line of polymers made from recycled carpet.

Charting a new course

SABIC polymers made from ocean-bound plastics find their way into consumer products.

Tracking black

Ampacet develops black masterbatches to improve recyclability of black plastics.

Back in black

Chroma Color’s carbon black alternative can be used to produce black plastic products that can be recovered for recycling using optical sorting.

The expanding role of compatibilizers

The challenges of recycling postconsumer plastics have increased demand for compatibilizers.