Dec 13, 2020
Production of bioplastics is still growing at a much lower rate compared with petrochemicals. However, carbon emission taxation and single-use, fossil-based plastic bans may help...
Dec 13, 2020
U.S. exports of ethylene, the petrochemical industry’s main building block, expanded fourfold during the first months of the pandemic showing that in spite of a trade war and Covid-19...
Dec 1, 2020
The founder of a company that worked for years to research ways to repurpose plastic waste into roads said that if its composite asphalt pavement use were to extend beyond parts of Los...
Dec 1, 2020
Falling crude oil prices during to the pandemic drove down virgin plastic resins prices and made recycled plastic comparatively more expensive, adding to challenges the recycling...
Nov 18, 2020
Royal Dutch Shell, hit by a $17.7 billion loss in the first nine-months of 2020 as Covid-19 slashed demand, will downsize to six refining-chemical integrated “parks” as part of a...
Nov 18, 2020
Expectations for a slow post-pandemic fuel demand recovery, which already shut down two million barrels per day of refining capacity in 2020, will limit owners options in the future.
Oct 27, 2020
The Canadian federal government announced in October plans to ban six very commonly used single-use plastic items by the end of 2021 to tackle a pollution problem that became more...
