Polyethylene (PE) is a semicrystalline polymer that is one of the most extensively manufactured polymers in the world for consumer products and packaging. Shopping bags, milk bottles, storage ...

Bakcycle Recycling optically sorts and harvests LDPE plastic from flexible packaging at a facility in Izmir, Turkey. In a sorting process based on color and polymer, the first and second Tomra ...

German researchers have replicated the chemical structure of low-density polyethylene (LDPE), a development that holds great promise for sustainable alternatives to one of the most widely used ...

Researchers have developed a more sustainable method to do the work required to make plastics that are comparable to widely used low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plastics. They say their method is ...

Formosa Plastics Corp. USA has started production at a new low density polyethylene resin unit in Point Comfort, Texas. Livingston, N.J.-based FPC already makes high and linear low density PE resins ...

A new method developed by researchers has succeeded in extending the shelf life of strawberries. Researchers tested five low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films, each infused with solutions containing ...

For a long time, XRD has remained the gold standard method for material analysis. XRD is able to perform various analyses, ranging from phase identification and quantification for medium and highly ...

Post-consumer low density polyethylene pellet prices have increased in North America during the first quarter of 2024. Sources told Plastics News recycled LDPE pellets have increased an average of 5 ...

This week, LDPE prices surged across Asia on the back of the geo political stress in the Middle East. An industry source in Asia, on condition of anonymity, informed a Polymerupdate team member, “The ...