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UK recycler Axion Polymers seeking partners in Asia

HANGZHOU, CHINA (Nov. 6, 1:45 p.m. ET) -- Axion Polymers, a recycled materials manufacturer in England, wants to extend its business to Asia by setting up partnerships with a handful of Chinese and Asian compounders. The company sees rising interest in using more carbon friendly materials in the small-appliance factories of Asia. November 6, 2009

Foam recycling center opens in Washington state

TUMWATER, WASH. (Nov. 6, 1:10 p.m. ET) -- Dart Container Corp., in conjunction with Thurston County Solid Waste, today unveiled a drop-off site for post-consumer polystyrene foam in Tumwater. November 6, 2009

Mexico Coke bottler saving money with lightweight preforms

MEXICO CITY (Nov. 5, 11:35 a.m. ET) -- Coca-Cola FEMSA SA de CV plans to extend the use of its PET short-height bottle finishes from Mexico to all its markets in Latin America within 12 months. The design cuts the weight of the company’s 16-ounce bottles to 20.5 grams, and has saved the bottler about $10 million in PET resin annually. November 5, 2009

Coke to start self-manufacturing bottles in Australia

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (Nov. 5, 11:20 a.m. ET) -- The company that produces Coca-Cola in Australia will return to manufacturing its own PET bottles in 2010, eight years after offloading the operations and outsourcing supplies. Sydney-based Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. plans to invest about US$40.7 million next year to start the in-line, blow-fill manufacture of PET bottles. November 5, 2009

Report says green packaging is here to stay

FALLS CHURCH, VA. (Nov. 4, 6:10 p.m. ET) -- The resurgence of the environmental movement has caused an upswing in the demand for environmentally friendly packaging, according to a new report fom the Foodservice Packaging Institute. November 4, 2009

Denton's new PET recycling plant in Oregon may be first of many

PORTLAND, ORE. (Nov. 4, 4:35 p.m. ET) -- Dennis Denton sees the new 30-million-pound PET recycling plant that he and two other partners are building in St. Helens, Ore., as the prototype and forerunner of the way plastics will be recycled in the future -- not just the first PET recycling plant in the Pacific Northwest. Long-range, perhaps three years from now, Denton said ORPET plans to form joint ventures and build recycling plants with companies that need recycled PET, such as firms that thermoform clamshell containers. November 4, 2009

Start-up compounder opening in Ohio

LIMA, OHIO (Nov. 3, 3:55 p.m. ET) -- Start-up compounder Planet Friendly Polymers plans to open a plant in Lima by the end of the year. The firm plans to spend $1.3 million on the 50,000-square-foot plant. Some of the plant’s output will be sold on the open market, with the rest going to products marketed by a sister company that sells plastic containers and storage products. November 3, 2009

Engineering resin recycler MRC Polymers wins Illinois green award

CHICAGO (Nov. 2, 3:50 p.m. ET) -- Chicago-based engineering plastics recycler MRC Polymers Inc. recently received the 2009 Governor’s Sustainability Award for recycling millions of pounds of landfill-bound car bumpers. November 2, 2009

Spray foam raises energy efficiency and cools tents in Iraq

BASRA, IRAQ (Nov. 2, 3:30 p.m. ET) -- Spray foam is helping to keep living conditions bearable for soldiers in Iraq, where daytime temperatures can reach 130 degrees Fahrenheit, while at the same time cutting energy usage in their living quarters. November 2, 2009

Chinese molders gear up for green materials

HONG KONG (Oct. 30, 3:45 p.m. ET) -- China’s plastics industry, like many others, is increasingly investing in “green” materials and technologies, but most of the money thus far is targeting export markets, with China’s domestic consumers slow to register. October 30, 2009

Program helps Chinese firms cut greenhouse gases

HONG KONG (Oct. 30, 3:40 p.m. ET) -- Plastic companies in China could cut their greenhouse gas emissions by about 20 percent with a relatively small investment, under a new initiative developed by the environmental group WWF to help clean up South China’s heavily polluted Pearl River Delta region. October 30, 2009

Bayer & ICCA affirm building insulation potential

PITTSBURGH (Oct. 30, 3:30 p.m. ET) -- Two recent studies -- one from Bayer MaterialScience LLC and another by the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) -- have found “substantial potential” for energy savings and carbon-footprint reduction of building insulation materials. October 30, 2009

Stimulus dollars to help fund BPA research

WASHINGTON (Oct. 30, 12:05 p.m. ET) -- Capitalizing on funding from the economic stimulus bill, federal researchers will double their spending to nearly $30 million over the next two years to research the effects on human health of the controversial chemical bisphenol A. October 30, 2009

Calif. city bans PS carryout boxes

RICHMOND, CALIF. (Oct. 30, 12 p.m. ET) -- Richmond has joined the list of northern California communities that have banned polystyrene takeout containers. Altogether, 25 California towns and two counties have banned PS takeout packaging. October 30, 2009

Texas firm wins grant to develop EA-free resins

AUSTIN, TEXAS (Oct. 29, 4:15 p.m. ET) -- PlastiPure Inc., which makes chemicals that companies can use to make bottles and containers that are free from estrogen-activity, has received a $1.1 million federal grant to develop new chemical formulations. October 29, 2009

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