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Reflection

Newsround

People on
the move

Product News

Q&A As a student,
Mesbah Sabur became
intrigued by the concept of
the circular economy. Today, Circularise, the startup he co-founded uses
blockchain technology for
traceability in plastics.

Opinion Kristine Berg, a
circular economy advisor
at Tomra, sailed through
the Great Garbage Patch.
One key lesson: "Plastic
doesn't go 'away'. I've seen
what 'away' looks like."

Inside at... Ship & Shore's
Anoosheh Oskouian,
owner and CEO of California-based Ship & Shore
Environmental talks about
the collective responsibility
of the industry for pollution
abatement: 'We do not have
any geographic boundaries
in our air', she says.

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Digitalisation: CTO of
DSM, Marcus Remmers,
talks about that company's
digital roadmap; ABB's
Fausto Belotti writes that
'the benefits of networked
machinery are clear: increased productivity'.

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Bioplastics Benvic's
Plantura PLA compounds
are engineered to be biodegradable or bio-durable.
All are based on biomass
and have reduced carbon
footprints compared to oilbased materials.

Collaboration in the value
chain Nova Chemicals,
Brückner and Poulivouga are
collaborating on the development of a new packaging
material, HD BOPE. "Transformative innovations like this
don't come along too often."

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Polymer prices After hitting
multi-year lows in May, polymer prices turned a corner
in June.

Recycling Baerlocher has
developed additive packages
enabling polyolefins to be
upcycled.

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Events calendar
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