That problem is why, even though we’ve had success finding enzymes that break down common plastics like polyesters and PET, they’re only partial solutions to plastic waste. However, researchers aren’t ...

Rigid and flexible polyurethane foams from General Plastics are frequently employed to create production parts in a vast range of industries, from automotive, aerospace and medical markets to ...

Polyurethane plastics are ubiquitous, used everywhere from mattresses to shoes. But once these products are no longer wanted, these materials litter landfills and oceans across the world. William ...

The technique closes the loop on scrap polyurethane by integrating it back into protective footwear production.

(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) Plastonix created a process to recycle polyurethane foams using its proprietary, low heat, non-toxic, plant-based chemical agent. TORONTO , ONTARIO, CANADA, June 8, ...

Found in everything from mattresses and furniture to shoes and sponges, PUR foam has long been a recycling challenge, ...

Dow and Gruppo Fiori are closing the loop on automotive polyurethanes - turning end-of-life foam waste into feedstocks for new foams through chemical recycling. Recovered polyurethane waste can be ...

John Max started his first business in his parents’ garage when he was 26, building equipment for processing liquid plastic. He moved Max Machinery Inc. to Healdsburg in 1972, setting up shop in a ...