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Polymers

Milliken, PureCycle launch additives

by Alexander H. Tullo
November 3, 2022 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 100, Issue 39

 

Plastics additive maker Milliken and polypropylene recycler PureCycle Technologies have launched a concentrate package that incorporates recycled resins and Milliken’s clarifying agents. PureCycle uses a solvent-based process to clean up postconsumer polypropylene resins for reprocessing. The companies say that using the concentrate with PureCycle’s recycled resins leads to polypropylene resins with a 35% lower greenhouse gas footprint than virgin polypropylene.

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