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➠ BASF SE,
n ‘Material Selection 17/18 ’ heißt das
zweite Material-Trendbuch von BASF, das
eine globale Perspektive auf Trends und
Materialien zugleich bietet. Darin vorge-
stellt werden innovative Kunststofflösun-
gen, mit denen Kunden diesen Trends
begegnen können. Das Trendbuch wur-
de erstmals gemeinsam von den Exper-
ten der designfabrik® in Tokio, Schanghai
und Ludwigshafen entwickelt.
Die Trendforscher und Designer des Kunst-
stoffbereichs aus beiden Regionen gingen
gemeinsam vor, um für Kunden Denkan-
stöße und Inspiration für zukünftige Pro-
duktentwicklungen bereit zu halten.
Die Trendstudie richtet sich exklusiv an
Designer und Kreative bei Kunden und
potentiellen Kunden und wird nur in Ver-
bindung mit einer persönlichen Präsenta-
tion übergeben.
Material-Trendbuch
➠ Total Refining & Chemicals
... in the Circular Economy World
n Total has just completed an industrial
scale test run, following a series of pilot
plant trials, demonstrating the feasibility
of sustainable incorporation of about
20% of post-consumer recycled polysty-
rene within virgin polystyrene. The trial,
which was carried out on an existing
production asset, successfully led to pro-
duct with properties equivalent to virgin
polymer.
“Polystyrene is one of the easiest poly-
mers to recycle,” explains Jean Vialle-
font, Vice President Polymer Europe.
“Our success highlights that polystyrene,
New Routes for Post-Consumer Recycled Polystyrene ...
which naturally provides outstanding
performance for various applications,
will be a significant contributor to the
Circular Economy. It is unquestionably an
innovative way to enlarge the accessible
market for recycled polystyrene and to
convert a large volume of post-consumer
waste.”
Based on this encouraging result, Total is
launching new developments to manage
contamination of recycled streams. The
objective is to create a robust process in
order to handle complex polystyrene
waste streams that can be implemented
on our different existing production lines.