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Resin manufacturers today are striving to boost the recycled content in their materials while continuing to meet their customers\u2019 stringent performance demands. Doing so helps those product makers to lower their carbon footprint and improve their environmental profile while converting some waste plastics into a valuable resource.<\/p>\n

These efforts take many forms. Here are two very different examples.<\/p>\n

Nova\u2019s Recycled PE Film Goes Full Circle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calgary, Alberta-based <\/span>Nova Chemicals Corp.<\/a> reported recently that Sigma Plastics Group had placed the very first order for Nova\u2019s Syndigo\u2122 rPE-IN3 recycled polyethylene (rPE) \u2013\u2013 a railcar shipment totaling nearly 200,000 pounds. Sigma will use the non-food-contact material in its Shelbyville, Ky., plant, to make stretch film products.<\/span>
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Nova last year commissioned its first PE film recycling facility, with the capacity to produce 100 million pounds annually of its Syndigo rPE resins. (Courtesy of Nova Chemicals Corp.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just over a year ago, Nova commissioned its first polyethylene film recycling facility, dubbed Syndigo1, in Connersville, Ind. It called the facility \u201cone of the largest and most sophisticated plastic film mechanical recycling facilities in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Syndigo1 spans 450,000 square feet and will recycle 145,000 bales of end-of-life plastic film to produce more than 100 million pounds of Syndigo\u2122<\/a> recycled rPE resin annually. The facility ramped up to full production earlier this year. For context, Nova notes, that\u2019s 9.7 million cubic feet of film collected and diverted from landfills each year. That\u2019s enough to fill four professional football fields to the top of the goal posts.<\/p>\n

Nova makes its Syndigo portfolio of resins from 100 percent post-consumer recycled (PCR) films. It plans to further extend this product range later this year by rolling out rPE-IN1 and rPE-IN2 versions, both of which are LLDPE resins targeting flexible food packaging. Its mechanical recycling process has received a letter of non-objection (LNO) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, confirming that the rLLDPE made using this process is suitable for food-contact applications.<\/p>\n

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Sigma Plastics Group has placed the first commercial order for Nova\u2019s Syndigo rPE-IN3 recycled PE resins and will use the materials to produce stretch film. (Courtesy of Sigma Plastics Group.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nova said that Sigma will incorporate its Syndigo rPE-IN3\u00a0resin into\u00a0stretch films that it will sell to retailers and distribution centers.\u00a0While not specifying the percentage of recycled content<\/a>, Sigma will use the material in products such as\u00a0its Sustain360 PCR stretch film line, which includes hand films for manual application and high-performance machine films used for palletized load containment in retail distribution centers, warehouses, and\u00a0logistics\u00a0operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAchieving \u2018like-to-like\u2019 recycling, where stretch film is recycled and turned back into stretch film, is a significant advancement for mechanically recycled polyethylene<\/a>,\u201d said Anna Rajkovic, Nova\u2019s market and innovation manager for mechanical recycling.<\/p>\n

Syensqo HPPA Resin Used in Woom\u2019s WOW Bikes <\/strong><\/p>\n

In a starkly different application, Brussels-based Syensqo<\/a> has formed a partnership with woom, an Austrian maker of bikes for young children and teens. The deal calls for woom to use Syensqo\u2019s Omnix\u00ae 1030 ECHO RPRF circular polymer in its new WOW series of bikes. The material, a 30 percent glass fiber-reinforced, high-performance polyamide (HPPA), contains 98 percent recycled content<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Austrian bike maker woom is using Syensqo\u2019s high-performance polyamide polymer, which contains 98 percent recycled content, for several visible structural components on its new line of WOW bikes for small kids. (Courtesy of Syensqo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Used in key visible structural components, including the front fork, back fork, and handlebars of woom\u2019s latest models, the resin \u201ccan reduce the product\u2019s carbon footprint by up to 72 percent compared to conventional materials, while still delivering the strength, durability, and quality needed for everyday use,\u201d according to Syensqo, which spun out of Solvay Group in late 2023.<\/p>\n

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Woom says it designed its WOW self-balancing bike for children aged 9 to 36 months. It aims to help them develop balance and motor skills through an intuitive, stabilizing design. Made in Europe, it combines a lightweight, premium look with more sustainable materials, including this HPPA resin from Syensqo. The material is being used in components previously made out of metal or virgin engineered plastics.<\/p>\n

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The new WOW self-balancing bikes are designed for children aged 9 to 36 months. It aims to help them develop balance and motor skills through an intuitive, stabilizing design. (Courtesy of Syensqo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Woom was founded in 2013 in a garage in Vienna, Austria, by Marcus Ihlenfeld and Christian Bezdeka\u00a0\u2013\u2013 both of whom were fathers and bike enthusiasts. Christian, a trained biomedical technician with a degree in industrial design and years of experience in the bike industry, and Marcus, who up to that point had been a marketing manager within the automotive industry, founded woom.<\/p>\n

The companies said they will continue to collaborate on data generation, simulation, and technical development to further expand the use of recycled polymers in future bike and e-bike applications.<\/p>\n

Florian Stattmann, woom\u2019s director of product management and commercialization, described the new WOW product line as \u201ca breakthrough innovation in children\u2019s mobility, developed in close collaboration with pediatric experts and featuring intuitive self-centering steering alongside a truly child-centric ergonomic design.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For more than a decade at <em>PN<\/em> he also held the titles of associate publisher, editorial director and conference director, and most recently served as business development director.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>A long-time affiliate member of the Industrial Designers Society of America, Bob has organized numerous design-focused events, earned a Personal Recognition Award from IDSA in 2013, and constantly strives to help bridge the gap between the design and manufacturing communities.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In 2014 he left Crain and created RC Grace LLC in Akron, Ohio, as a consultancy that aims to help companies to enhance their branding and market presence, find business partners, connect with design resources (here or in Asia), secure funding and advance their growth initiatives.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"mailto:bob@rcgrace.com\">Email Bob<\/a> or visit his website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rcgrace.com\/\">www.rcgrace.com<\/a> to learn more about how he can help you.<\/p>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21883"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21923,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21883\/revisions\/21923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21883"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=21883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}