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Reflection
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What's New
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Finding more value in
plastic Plastic crediting is
said to have the potential to
drive investment towards
circular systems. But what
are plastic credits? And how
do they work?
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We are family Emma-Jane
Batey examines why value
chain collaboration is an
essential element in making
a future that is sustainable in
all aspects.
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Putting people back in the
picture A quietly emerging
trend, Industry 5.0 envisions
a workspace where people
and machines interact
and collaborate, bringing
a 'human touch' back into
manufacturing.
Polymer Prices Tight
supply and strong sales
drive prices to new highs,
writes David Platt. European
standard thermoplastics
saw further massive price
increases over the last two
months, but buyer resistance
is growing.
Newsround
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Quality Traditional
machine vision systems
to inspect plastics are unable
to cope with highly
reflective surfaces. One
solution is Autonomous
Machine Vision.
Q & A Walter Ripple, Vice
President of Sustainability
at Avient, discusses how
Avient and its products
are seeking to make a
diff erence. He emphasised
that 'sustainability has been
core to our strategy for a very
long time'.
People on
the move
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Opinion Transformational
actions are needed in order
move toward a circular economy,
writes Professor Edward
Kosier, of sustainability
consultancy Nextek. " We are
way past the point of bold
statements and definitions. "
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Inside at... Domo
Chemicals The polyamide
specialist has committed to
creating a portfolio of nylon
products with a reduced
carbon footprint based
on non-traditional raw
materials. " The demand is
there and increasing rapidly, "
the company said.
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