Plastic waste is shredded and formed to a desired shape and held together using a binder and/or heat, etc. The resulting composite material may be useful for building and/or furniture and/or flooring, etc. (similar to wood composite board). In some embodiments, the board is highly water resistant. Optionally, the board is made of layers. For example, an inner layer has reduced density and/or an outer layer may have decreased particle size and/or increased fiber content.

Provided is a method of designing a composite material laminated structure, the method including: a machine learning step of performing machine learning on a plurality of pieces of data each of which includes a pair of a physical property value of the composite material laminated structure and a laminate configuration of the composite material laminated structure, to obtain a relational expression depicting a relationship between the physical property value and the laminate configuration, the composite material laminated structure including a plurality of layers that are laminated; and a laminate configuration information calculation step of calculating, based on the relational expression and an objective value of the physical property value, laminate configuration information which is information of the laminate configuration that enables the objective value to be obtained.

A recyclable multilayer synthetic foam container that does not wick, for direct and non-direct food contact and aseptic packaging application is disclosed. In one aspect, a container comprises a pre-creased and/or folded multilayer synthetic foam sheet comprising at least one foam layer, that can be hermetically sealed along the edges, wherein the synthetic board sheet is a recyclable material that does not wick. In another aspect, the product has a bending stiffness value greater than 17 in Taber stiffness unit configuration according to TAPPI/ANSI T 489 om-15. In some embodiments, the product can have an oxygen transmission rate of less than 20 cc/m.sup.2/24 hr, according to ASTM D3985. In some embodiments, the product can have a water vapor transmission rate of less than 10 gr/m.sup.2/24 hr, according to ASTM E398-13.

Provided is a multilayer container including: a polyester layer containing a polyester resin (X); and a polyamide layer containing a polyamide resin (Y) and a yellowing inhibitor (A). The content of the polyamide resin (Y) is from 0.05 to 7.0 mass % relative to a total amount of all polyamide layers and all polyester layers, and the content of the yellowing inhibitor (A) is from 1 to 30 ppm relative to the total amount of all polyamide layers and all polyester layers. Also provided are a method for manufacturing the multilayer container, and a method for manufacturing a recycled polyester, the method thereof including a step of recovering polyester from the multilayer container.

Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing an improved cover board product with a panel. In some embodiments, the method includes preparing fragments into an assembly; mixing the fragments and an adhesive into a blended core furnish; applying the adhesive to a top side of a bottom layer fabric in the assembly; forming a core mat of the blended core furnish on top of the adhesive; applying the adhesive to a top side of the core mat; applying a surface layer fabric on the top side of the adhesive; pressing the assembly; and cutting and trimming the assembly to form panels.

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for bundling of single-use plastics into reusable material. An example method for forming a sheet of insulation includes arranging a plurality of single-use plastic straws to be parallel to each other in a side-by-side manner. At least some of the plurality of single-use plastic straws are arranged to contact adjacent ones of the plurality of single-use plastic straws. The example method also includes applying fastening material to the plurality of single-use plastic straws to couple the plurality of single-use plastic straws together.

A method for manufacturing a composite preform is provided, including preparing a preform that is formed from a plastic material, preparing a tubular heat shrinkable plastic member that is longer than the preform and has a margin for thermocompression bonding at one end, inserting the preform into the plastic member having the plastic member undergo thermal shrinkage by heating the preform and the plastic member, and bonding the margin of the plastic member by thermocompression.

A thermoplastic film includes a core layer having a recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) based resin having an intrinsic viscosity of greater than about 0.7 and having a polydispersity index of greater than about 3.0. The thermoplastic film comprises about 90% to about 100% by weight of the recycled PET resin.

A rigid multilayer decorative surface covering is proposed. The surface covering has a thickness and comprises a sandwiched reinforcement composite layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer matrix having a top and a bottom surface, the sandwiched reinforcement composite layer comprising reinforcement layers on the top and bottom surfaces. The sandwiched reinforcement composite layer has a thickness comprised in the range from 25% to 85% of the thickness of the rigid decorative surface covering. A method for manufacturing the rigid multilayer decorative surface covering is also disclosed.

The disclosure relates to multilayer laminate compositions including opposing first and second polymeric layers, typically with an intervening gas and/or moisture barrier layer. The first polymeric layer incudes a first polymer, which can be selected based on desired mechanical and/or chemical properties. The second polymeric layer is a heat-sealable analog of the first polymeric layer, and it can include a blend of the first polymer along with a second polymer having a lower melting temperature, or a second polymer that includes monomer units of the first polymer copolymerized with a second monomer to provide a lower melting temperature for the second polymer relative to the first polymer. The improved heat-sealing properties of the second polymeric layer permits convenient packaging of items, and the common polymeric components between the first and second polymeric layers facilitates recycling and reuse of the multilayer laminate composition because of its substantially unimaterial nature.