European polystyrene margins come off record highs as prices soar

  March polystyrene margin of more than raw material styrene has from February a record price of all grades of PS even in Europe dropped a record high month rose sharply Eur85 / t month》

  Energy information data showed that although general purpose polystyrene the price of the contract price in the last euro 1340 / ton ($ 1,490 / ton) FD FD NWE, up Eur85 February assessment, HIPS prices last assessment Eur1,425 / ton FD NWE and foaming polystyrene rise by a similar amount to Eur1,345 / ton FD Northwest Europe. March consideration styrene settlement Eur1,025 / ton FD Northwest Europe, which means GPPS, HIPS is and Eur320 / ton EPS Eur400 / ton a Eur315 / ton margin.

   These margins are lower than in February, when the low contract prices EUR30month on month. Sign up to February GPPS, HIPS and EPS margins were Eur330 / tonne, Eur415 / t and Eur335 / ton. Converters and traders said profit margins remained high in March to consider PS production costs than styrene just $ 150- $ 200 / ton.

  "PS prices have made a higher amount than the raw material styrene recommendations," said converter. Another drive that he is the biggest PS contract prices in March Eur65 / ton up to expectations and surprised bigger increase was announced by the manufacturer. Polystyrene recycling industry is worth for enterprises to develop..

Takeout garbage is almost recycled

"Every time I order takeout food recently, or on the outside packaging in restaurant, I always feel the evil, as it looks like to manufacture of white pollution." Ms. King in Shenzhen, order takeout food once a week on average.She told reporters, each takeaway food almost contain plastic lunch boxes box, plastic bags and disposable chopsticks, but where they go?

Zhongxin Net reporters found that it is a current widespread problem with take-away garbage recycling. Disposable chopsticks, plastic bags, foam lunch boxes basic is in unattended recovery state, although the transparent plastic lunch boxes can be recycled, but also the amount of recycling is less.

Zhongxin net reporter consulted a number of staff responsible for waste recycling. In Beijing Fangzhuang who is engaged in recycling Master Li told reporters, transparent pure polypropylene (PP) plastic lunch boxes can be recycled, the purchase price is 3 RMB / kg, foam lunch boxes and other types of substantially non-takeaway meal is not recycling which is too cheap and it is too difficult to sell after cleaning.

In Beijing Chaoyang district who isengaged in recycling of used material Mr Liu told reporters that the foam lunch boxes are generally not recycled, transparent PP plastic lunch box recycling price is 2 RMB / kg, and it must be clean."Transparent PP plastic lunch boxes will sell to recycling plastic processing plants, factories will be crushed into granules and then made into other plastic products."

"Some white foam lunch boxes in the site are still very common." Analysts Di Qiuping told to WASHINGTON reporter said that foam lunch boxes are cheap, a few cents per pcs. Few people recycle because cleaning is very troublesome but with little recovery

Takeaway delivery staff Mr Lo who is working in Tiantongyuan district for more than two years told reporters that currently formal restaurant mostly uses transparent lunch boxes, occasionally uses foam lunch boxes loaded with rice. Although I heard a transparent food boxes can be recycled, but not no one had recovered, usually scavengers to pick. Polystyrene lunch boxes can be recycled and waste and polystyrene recycling will develop better and better.

Liangzhou strengthen recycling of waste plastic sheeting

    In recent years, Liangzhou vigorously promote environmental protection regulations, knowledge, and actively carry out scientific and technological training of farmers, and continuously improve waste plastic sheeting recycling system, agricultural non-point source pollution has been further strengthened. By 2015, the region's recovery process is more than 6,000 tons of used plastic sheeting.
    Area introduced the "Strengthening agricultural film waste processing and utilization of agricultural non-point source pollution control to promote the work of opinions", put forward "the government advocacy, business driven, network recovery, mass participation" idea, the establishment of supply and marketing, farming, environmental protection, agricultural and other sectors responsible for human members of the leadership team, coordinate and direct the region's waste recycling of plastic sheeting, plastic sheeting and waste recycling sectors included towns and annual target management assessment content. Actively explore the scientific use of plastic sheeting technology, adopt new agricultural technology training, agriculture and environmental protection knowledge seminars, issuance of promotional materials, etc., to guide the majority of farmers to use plastic sheeting re-use no-till technology, dual-use technology to promote a film, timely open the film technology, mechanical pickup membrane technology to reduce the difficulty of picking up waste plastic sheeting.

    Meanwhile, the district adhere to the "business investment as the mainstay, supplemented by government support" principle, increase policy support, establish waste recycling and processing enterprises as the leading plastic sheeting, supply and marketing cooperatives in the township of waste recycling outlets plastic sheeting as a link, farmer participation, government regulation, market-oriented to promote the recycling of waste plastic sheeting system. Recycling and processing of waste plastic sheeting for funding to support key business processing and recycling network construction. Combined with plastic sheeting subsidies, and actively carry out the "TM", and each plastic sheeting sales outlets for recycling of waste plastic sheeting for-sale discount new plastic sheeting, recycling of used plastic sheeting to mobilize the peasants' enthusiasm. Waste plastic sheeting recycling and polystyrene recycling are both important which we should pay more attention.

Nextek establish a subsidiary in India to improve the recovery of plastics

       Headquartered in London Nextek recycling consulting company set up a new subsidiary of new manufacturing center in Pune, it will collaborate with local organizations to improve the efficiency of plastic recycling, to follow the Indian states more and more plastic ban.　
　　These prohibitions mainly for lightweight plastic bags and disposable include cups, cutlery and other packaging supplies. This week Nextek with India and the All India Institute of Plastics Manufacturers Association together held a seminar in Mumbai and Pune.

　　Nextek chairman Edward Kosior said: "The local companies quickly accepted the concept of circular economy and recognized looking for innovative plastic recycling field advantage in two seminars are concerned about two key themes of: Recycling and packaging composite membrane automatic classification, local companies are looking to expand beyond the current basic technique resin producers, manufacturers and recyclers are seeking new markets, increase profits and investments to increase productivity and profits. "
　　 Many enterprises are accelerating their pace of polystyrene recycling to earn money and protect the environment.

US scientists create world's lightest material polystyrene

     Recently, the University of California, Irvine Hughes Research Laboratory (HRL) and the California Institute of Technology Co., Ltd. jointly developed the world's lightest material density of only 0.9 mg / cc, compared with polystyrene foam plastic lighter 100 times. Related papers published in the journal "Science" of November 18.

    Lightweight (less than 10 milligrams per cubic centimeter) in noise insulation, battery electrodes, catalyst supports, porous acoustic research material, vibration buffering, etc. have great energy applications. The new material has a unique " micro-lattice" porous structure, even in the nanometer, micrometer and millimeter scale levels, which are also constituted about 99.99% air and 0.01% solids, it set new boundaries for the lightest material.

    The project principal investigator, University of California, Irvine mechanical and aerospace engineer Lorenzo Ward Witt said: "When the material is small in size to the nanometer level, it will become stronger binding of this nature, let the micro-grid become trimmed, they get a unique microporous material. "

       HRL Laboratories director William Carter also supplies new materials and life in a large building materials for comparison: "In the Eiffel Tower or the Golden Gate Bridge, it is a typical modern building, the material is very light, their load-bearing effect by virtue of the support structure. we bring nano and micro concepts into new materials, it is lightweight materials innovation. " Polystyrene also has lots of use for us to discover, polystyrene recycling still needs us to do.

Polystyrene prices weakened in Asian demand

    Polystyrene is colorless, transparent and colored freely, since the 1990s, China polystyrene demand and consumption is growing rapidly. But in recent years overseas demand have been reduced and prices also fell.

    According to reports, Bank of Cyprus imposed eurozone crisis fears spread rapidly and lead to weaker demand, making Asian polystyrene (PS) prices continue to maintain the decline, producers and traders said on Thursday. According to ICIS data, as of March 15 when Asian polystyrene spot prices have fallen to US $ 1,800 / tonne (US $ 1,386 / tonne) CFR China low, as traders continued to clear warehouse.

    Series of recent events in the United States and the euro zone had a serious impact on the market, increasing concerns about Asian demand for the production of goods, and like polystyrene resins demand reduction. Italy's election stalemate could lead to fiscal austerity, plus Cyprus crisis levy on bank deposits, or push the euro zone debt crisis could erupt again, the United States is also considered budget cuts could undermine the fragile economic recovery. Due to the above political factors, short-term demand uncertainty, some Asian traders choose to clean up inventory. Polystyrene recycling industry is a long road for producers and governments to go. 

Natural solvent can recycle waste plastic foam

      Using purified from citrus peel essential oils limonene to recycle waste polystyrene, but also discuss about limonene extracting from the Nepeta ear. Limonene dissolved polystyrene for various conditions were studied and investigated various methods limonene recycling polystyrene use.

 

  Comprehensive utilization of citrus peel performed by extracting the active ingredient of orange peel, has been the essential oils, carotenoid pigments, orange peel glycosides, pectin and cellulose powder five main ingredient. This five substances extraction process conditions were studied for five continuous extraction process routes substance has been designed, the extracted substance was isolated, purified and identified. Study on the conditions and solution viscosity polystyrene limonene dissolved with temperature and concentration changes.

   However, it is difficult to achieve large-scale recycling. Actually, we are still using polystyrene recycling machines for polystyrene recycling. 

Dart Container Corp founded new EPS recycling centers

   Dart Container Corporation was founded in 1937, located in Michigan, USA, is the world's largest manufacturer of plastic cups and containers, the company founded in Dallas polystyrene foam recycling center.
   Dallas-Dart Container Corp said it has created a polystyrene recycling center in Dallas.
　　 The company is located in West Ledbetter Drive address in 4444, open to nearby residents, merchants, organizations 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
　 　Dart Container Corp founded free EPS recycling centers in Dallas
　　 Dart Container Corp Michael in a statement, said:. "We hope this new cycle of recovery and is free to encourage residents of Dallas the polystyrene recycling up," North America has created 85 similar recycling facility and this is one of them.

　　 Dart Container Corporation was founded in 1937, is located in Michigan, USA, it is the world's largest manufacturer of plastic cups and containers, yield almost the sum of the field of competitors, and the company is a family business.
　 　In May 2012, Dart acquisition of Solo Cup Company, now in eight countries, has 15,000 employees and over 45 manufacturing, distribution and office center point.

Three strategies to teach you to stay away from one-off "poisonous" cups

  The use of paper cups is already very wide. Because of its one-time use, it brings a lot of convenience. But like disposable lunch boxes are not completely safe,although polystyrene is not poisonous, disposable cups also potentially dangerous. So in everyday life, how do we choose disposable cups? And how can we be away from poisonous cups of it?

　　First, the lamp according to a photo: presenting blue phosphor excessive caution

　　The selection of disposable paper cups, do not look at paper cups whether the color is white or not, do not think the color is more white, the more health, some manufacturers in order to make paper cups cup look more white, adding a lot of optical brighteners. Once these harmful substances into the body, it will become a potential carcinogen.

　　Expert advice: in the selection of paper cups, put it under the light, if the cups appear blue under fluorescent light, then the proof fluorescent agent exceeded, the consumer should use with caution.

　　Second, pinch it: cup body limp not strong, accidentally leaks

　　In addition, to use thick stiff paper cups, cup body stiffness bad pinch up very soft cups, poured into water or drinks, it will be soft and affect the use. When choosing paper cups, you can hand lightly on both sides of the squeeze cup, generally know the cup body stiffness good or bad.

　　Experts suggest: the high quality paper cups can be filled with water 72 hours no leakage, and poor quality of water seepage only half hour.

　　Third, the smell: body garish colors, be careful with ink poisoning

　　Mostly cups stacked together, if wet or contaminated, will inevitably lead to mold, so damp paper cups must not be used.

　　In addition, the pattern will be printed and some colorful words on paper cups, paper cups when stacked together, paper cups outside of the ink will inevitably affect its inner layer outside wrapped in paper cups, and ink containing benzene and toluene, damage to health, the most good buy outer ink-free printing or printing fewer cups.

　　Expert advice: In such situations, just sniff it, you can easily identify them.