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Top 10 Plastics Developments in August: Bans, Berry, and BiopolymersTop 10 Plastics Developments in August: Bans, Berry, and Biopolymers

Plastics professionals were riveted by a major company’s closures, a ban with a smuggling problem, printed electronics, and more the past month.

Rick Lingle

September 5, 2023

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News across the plastics spectrum is as varied as the pouches, parts, sheet, bottles, composites, dashboards, and other products made from polymers.

It’s impossible to keep up with new developments, which is why PlasticsToday collects the 10 best-read articles of August — it’s a second chance to read what you missed that other readers found of value.

This month’s hot reads include an initiative to sustainably improve printed electronics, a household ingredient that makes a common bioplastic conveniently compostable, a report that finds paper straws less safe than thought, and seven more.

These are found in reverse order in the accompanying slideshow.

About the Author

Rick Lingle

Rick Lingle, now a freelancer, was Senior Technical Editor for PlasticsToday, and previously for Packaging Digest, until his retirement in December 2024. Lingle has been a packaging media journalist since 1985, specializing in food, beverage, and plastic markets. He earned a chemistry degree from Clarke College and worked in food industry R&D for Standard Brands/Nabisco and the R.T. French Co. He can be reached at [email protected].

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