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Recycling of Plastic Tops, Caps and Lids Jumps 27 Percent in U.S.

February 5, 2016
Plastics News
Insider lingo calls them post-consumer non-bottle rigid plastics. A bit of a mouthful. Average folks call them tubs and caps and lids and cups and the like.
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DuPont, Dow Merger Said to Be on Track Despite Bad Year in Sales

January 29, 2016
Plastics News
DuPont Co. is leaving behind a forgettable 2015 as it prepares for its massive merger with Dow Chemical Co.
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Eco-friendly 'Green' Packaging Market Should See Significant Growth Through 2020, Report Says

January 27, 2016
Technavio
The global market for green packaging - comprising recyclable, reusable and degradable packaging - is predicted to grow at a combined annual growth rate of more than 7 percent through 2020, according to Technavio.
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Cheap Natural Gas Powers Chemical Exports from Houston, New Orleans

May 21, 2015
Maritime Executive
Just as southern California is the nation's top magnet for containerized cargo, so is the Gulf Coast the most attractive hub for movements of petrochemicals. Led by Houston and New Orleans, petrochemical activity is thriving due in no small part to growth in refining activity and an abundance of cheap natural gas.
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'Project Passport' Designed to Improve Food Packaging Compliance Communication in Supply Chain

April 15, 2015
SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association
Project Passport, launched by SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, is intended to provide companies in the food packaging supply chain with a suite of communication tools and educational resources to help convey relevant information about their products to ensure compliance and address the concerns of consumers and customers.
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Rates Expected to Continue to Drop This Year in Chemical Tanker Shipping

March 12, 2015
Drewry
Chemical tanker shipping faces another challenging year of falling freight rates in 2015, but the trade is expected to recover next year, according to the latest edition of the Chemical Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.
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Betting Big on Natural Gas, Dow to Invest $6Bn in Expanding Its U.S. Manufacturing Plants

March 5, 2015
Forbes
Dow Chemical is investing $6bn to enlarge its manufacturing facilities in the United States by 40 percent, based on a wager that low natural gas prices here will persist into the middle of the next decade, a Dow executive said recently.
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Recycling Efforts Fail to Keep Up with Growing Worldwide Demand for Plastics, Report Finds

February 2, 2015
Worldwatch Institute
For more than 50 years, global production of plastic has continued to rise. Some 299 million tons of plastics were produced in 2013, representing a 4 percent increase over 2012. Recovery and recycling, however, remain insufficient, and millions of tons of plastics end up in landfills and oceans each year, according to Gaelle Gourmelon, communications and marketing manager at the Worldwatch Institute.
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Expansion of China's Methanol Production Presents Mixed Export-Import Picture, Study Suggests

November 17, 2014
Drewry
Soaring Chinese methanol expansion will boost demand for chemical tanker shipping on intra-Asia export trades out of China but check import traffic, according to the latest edition of the Chemical Forecaster, published by shipping consultancy Drewry.
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Manifesto Claims European Plastics Industry Unfairly Hobbled

November 10, 2014
Plastics News
The European plastics industry has published a manifesto alerting officials in Brussels to the many impediments it faces, and which it hopes will influence European Union policy.
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