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  1. Global Plastics Outlook until 2060

    ... by 2060. The effect on global economic growth will be modest: the global GDP is forecasted to be just 0.3% lower than the baseline in the case of “regional action”, and just 0.8% lower in the case of “global ambition”. The flow of plastics into the environment will increase in absolute terms, doubling from 22 million tonnes in 2019 to 44 million tonnes in 2060. Baseline scenario Plastics use will almost triple from 460 million tonnes in 2019 to 1,231 million tonnes in 2060....

  2. EU carbon tax

    ... Sustainability, KPMG in Russia and the CIS, the industries most at risk of having certain commodities covered by the carbon border tax include the coal industry, iron and steel, nickel, copper and derivative products, nitrogen-based fertilisers, natural gas, plastics and elastomers. Regardless of how it plays out, this regulation will undermine the overall competitiveness of enterprises. He also noted that, at this point in time, it is difficult to accurately assess the implications of the proposed tax on ...

  3. Unwasted opportunity

    ... to industrial operations and can be dealt with to a positive effect even when addressed individually. Kenyan designers make quirky sculptures fr om slides and flip-flops lost by tourists. Source: facebook.com/OceanSole Recycling of plastics is thriving in the United States, wh ere a 3D printer was created to use them as inputs. Its cartridges are made of recycled plastics as well. In fact, the country has been actively experimenting to increase the share of recycled plastics as ...

  4. Development trends

    SIBUR’s fourth customer conference on SBS polymers took place in Nizhny Novgorod. Arranged by the Plastics, Elastomers and Organic Synthesis Division, the traditional event attracted more than 90 representatives of the construction, footwear and adhesives industries using styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) grades produced at one of the Group’s ...

  5. Planning ahead

    ... talks about the Company’s plans to gradually evolve from a petrochemical to chemical producer, explains why rubber projects continue to be investment-worthy, and argues against “growing plastic”. Was 2018 a successful year for the Plastics, Elastomers and Organic Synthesis Division? I believe the year was positive for the division. We have slightly exceeded our production targets and even more the financial ones. Production and sales of SBS polymers, TPE, and ethylene oxide have ...