June 2021 Vol. 1

MNA – The Latest Updates, News and Alerts on Polymer Masterbatches and Polymer Additives
Stay in Touch with the Polymer Additives Industry While Social Distancing 


NEWSMAKERS:  * Ampacet * Avient  * BAM * BASF * Colloids Plastics * ColorMatrix * ExcelPlas * Irgafos™ 168 * Microplastics * PACT Group * SABIC * SCG

INDUSTRY NEWS

Masterbatch Manufacturer Colloids Plastics Expands Chinese Site
https://plasticsinpackaging.com/masterbatch-manufacturer-expands-chinese-site/

ColorMatrix Patents New Barrier Additives for PET
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/11021591.html

Ampacet Announces Russia Plant Expansion, New Additive Production Line
https://plas.tv/?p=25602

Breakdown Product of Irgafos 168 (Tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphate) An Unexpected Abundant Toxic Pollutant Found in Fine Urban Dust
A novel pollutant, tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphate (I168O), was identified in urban fine particulate matter (PM2.5)
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.0c03709

Environmental Disaster Looms As Plastic Pellets from Capsized Ship Land on Sri Lankan Beaches
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57278473

BASF Patent New Stabilizer Compositions for Polyolefins Comprising Benzofuranones and Hindered Amine Light Stabilizers
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/10941286.html

TESTING

Use and Misuse of FTIR Spectroscopy for Studying the Bio-Oxidation of Plastics
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1386142521004170

BAM Scientists Study Effect of Crop Protection Chemicals on Stress Cracking of HDPE Using Full Notch Creep Test
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0032386121004766#!

RECYCLING

Australia’s Largest PET Recycling Plant Ahead of Schedule
https://plasticsinpackaging.com/australias-largest-pet-recycling-plant-ahead-of-schedule/

A New Approach to Plastic Recycling Via the Concept of Microfibrillar Composites
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542504821000099

Design From Recycling by Using Post-Consumer Polypropylene as a Core Layer in a Co-injection Molded Sandwich Structure Product
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127521001295!

Processability of Different Polymer Fractions Recovered from Mixed Wastes and Determination of Material Properties for Recycling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7867004/

Application of Low-Grade Recyclate to Enhance Reactive Toughening of PET
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141391021000252

Identification for Recycling Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Plastic Bottles by Polarization Vision
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9319667

Sustainable Additive Manufacturing: Mechanical Response of High-Density Polyethylene over Multiple Recycling Processes
https://www.mdpi.com/2313-4321/6/1/4/pdf

The Impact of Impurities on the Mechanical Properties of Recycled Polyethylene
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pts.2551

MICROPLASTICS NEWS

Accumulation and Potential for Transport of Microplastics in Stormwater Drains into Marine Environments, Perth region, Western Australia
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025326X21003969!

Queensland Researchers Study Dispersal and Transport of Microplastics in River Sediments
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749121004668

Understanding Plastic Degradation and Microplastic Formation in the Environment: A Review
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749121001329!

Former Evansville Plastics Company Executives Sentenced for Securities Fraud Scheme
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdin/pr/former-evansville-plastics-company-executives-sentenced-securities-fraud-scheme

Researchers Surprised to find Microplastics in Florida Keys Lagoons
https://phys.org/news/2021-04-microplastics-florida-keys-lagoons.html

Microplastics Are Affecting Melt Rates Of Snow And Ice
https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2021/04/01/microplastics-melt-snow-ice/

Airborne Plastic Pollution ‘Spiralling Around the Globe’, Study Finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/12/airborne-plastic-pollution-spiralling-around-the-globe-study-finds

Multiple Impacts of Microplastics Can Threaten Marine Habitat-Forming Species
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-01961-1

Microplastics Remediation in Aqueous Systems: Strategies and Technologies
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0043135421003420

New Methodologies for the Detection, Identification, and Quantification of Microplastics and their Environmental Degradation By-Products
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-021-12466-z

Effects of Environmentally Relevant Levels of Polyethylene Microplastic on Bivalve Molluscs Filtration Rate and Oxidative Stress
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-021-12506-8

ADDITIVES NEWS

Termite Attack Shown to Be Cause of Failure and Leakage of Buried HDPE Pipes
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1350630721002272

High‐temperature Stabilization of Polypropylene Using Hindered Phenol–Thioester Stabilizer Combinations, Part 1: Optimization and Efficacy via Nondust Blends
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/vnl.21813

USING CLAY NANOFILLERS AS SLOW RELEASE BODIES FOR PP STABILIZATION
https://www.x-mol.com/paper/1356727377756274688

NEW PATENTS

SCG Patent New Multimodal PE for Film Applications
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/10941223.pdf

BASF Patent New Stabilizer Compositions for Polyolefins Comprising Benzofuranones and Hindered Amine Light Stabilizers
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/10941286.html

3D PRINTING

3D Printed PP Pipes and Fittings – BASF Industrialize 3D Printing with Polypropylene
https://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/41432-basf-to-industrialize-3d-printing-with-polypropylene.html

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