Plastic Compounding Market Size to Worth USD 159.91 Billion by 2035

According to Towards Chemical and Materials, the global plastic compounding market size was valued at USD 77.95 billion in 2025 and is expected to be worth around USD 159.91 billion by 2035, ...
Plastics Today

A. Schulman sells PVC compounds plant to Japanese firm

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Tokyo) plans to acquire a polyvinyl chloride compound plant in Bellevue, OH from A. Schulman, Inc. (Akron, OH) in a move to expand the presence of its North American ...
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Manner opens $54M solar-powered PVC compounding plant in Illinois

Mount Vernon, Ill. — Manner Polymers has opened a $54 million, 100 percent solar-powered PVC compounding plant in Mount Vernon, expanding its annual production capacity by 100 million pounds and ...
Time

There’s Almost No Research on the Health Impact of Plastic Chemicals in the Global South

Plastic is ubiquitous, but does it carry a toxic load? Plastic is ubiquitous, but does it carry a toxic load?Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto—Getty Images This story was produced in partnership with the ...
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Environmental group has major concerns about Eastman Chemical’s plastic recycling process

Note: Eastman Chemical Company’s first “molecular recycling” facility is now fully operational in Kingsport. It uses a process called methanolysis to reduce hard-to-recycle waste plastic to its ...