A method for directly preparing a foamed polylactic acid (PLA) product from a PLA melt includes PLA melt preparation, feeding, and two-stage extrusion. In the two-stage extrusion, a pressure at an outlet of a first-stage twin-screw extruder is 15 MPa to 17 MPa, a PLA melt is fed at a rate of 250 kg/h, a foaming additive is fed at a rate of 7.5 kg/h to 10 kg/h, and a foaming gas is fed at a rate of 2.8 L/h to 7.5 L/h. The method can ensure both foamability and quality of a material and reduce more than of energy consumption; and an obtained product has an adjustable foaming rate of 3 to 25, a crystallinity of 40.3% to 48.5%, a tensile strength of 8.7 MPa to 19.6 MPa, and an apparent density of 0.05 g/cm.sup.3 to 0.4 g/cm.sup.3.

The present disclosure relates to a process for the preparation of biodegradable net articles. The process is easy to perform and cost-effective. The biodegradable net articles of the present disclosure have comparatively higher melting strengths, good flexibility, better orientability, and high tensile strength. The biodegradable net articles of the present disclosure are environmentally friendly. The articles such as bags made by the biodegradable net of the present disclosure are suitable for packaging applications.

The present disclosure relates to a process for the preparation of biodegradable net articles. The process is easy to perform and cost-effective. The biodegradable net articles of the present disclosure have comparatively higher melting strengths, good flexibility, better orientability, and high tensile strength. The biodegradable net articles of the present disclosure are environmentally friendly. The articles such as bags made by the biodegradable net of the present disclosure are suitable for packaging applications.

A process for reducing the volatile and semi-volatile organic content (VOC and FOG values) of a heterophasic polypropylene composition, the heterophasic polypropylene composition comprising (i) at least 15 wt.-% of at least a first heterophasic polypropylene; (ii) less than 15 wt.-% of at least one elastomeric polyolefin, (iii) at least one filler; (iv) optionally polyethylene; and (v) optionally further polyolefins to below 100 g/g (VOC, VDA 278 October 2011) and below 390 g/g (FOG, VDA 278 October 2011), the process involving aerating the first heterophasic polypropylene and each further polyolefin component that is present in an amount of at least 15 wt.-% relative to the total weight of the heterophasic polypropylene composition, before extruding these aerated components with the at least one elastomeric polyolefin and the at least one filler and the optional polyethylene and/or optional further polyolefin(s).

A process for reducing the volatile and semi-volatile organic content (VOC and FOG values) of a heterophasic polypropylene composition, the heterophasic polypropylene composition comprising (i) at least 15 wt.-% of at least a first heterophasic polypropylene; (ii) less than 15 wt.-% of at least one elastomeric polyolefin, (iii) at least one filler; (iv) optionally polyethylene; and (v) optionally further polyolefins to below 100 g/g (VOC, VDA 278 October 2011) and below 390 g/g (FOG, VDA 278 October 2011), the process involving aerating the first heterophasic polypropylene and each further polyolefin component that is present in an amount of at least 15 wt.-% relative to the total weight of the heterophasic polypropylene composition, before extruding these aerated components with the at least one elastomeric polyolefin and the at least one filler and the optional polyethylene and/or optional further polyolefin(s).

A textile recycling method receives textile-waste-to-be-recycled, sorts the waste to isolate cellulose-containing articles from non-cellulose-containing articles, and re-sizes at least some of the cellulose-containing articles to create feedstock. The feedstock is processed in a cellulose solvent reactor, which has at least one ionic liquid. The ionic liquid dissolves intermolecular cellulose bonds of the feedstock to create a spinning dope. Cellulose fibers dissolved in the cellulose-bearing spinning dope solution are extruded in a cellulose coagulation bath reservoir to reconstitute at least some of the cellulose fibers, and the reconstituted fibers are wet-spun to form a continuous cellulose thread that is commercially indistinguishable from virgin fiber thread. Synthetic fiber material is vacuum-extracted or mechanically extracted from the cellulose-bearing solution and recycled into a continuous synthetic thread. Original color of textile-waste-to-be-recycled can be retained or removed, and new color can be added.

There is provided a method for efficiently produce hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose acetate succinate (HPMCAS) having excellent flowability, where acetic acid in a reaction product mixture subjected to a wash and recovery step can be reduced. More specifically, there is provided a method for producing HPMCAS including an esterification step of esterifying hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) with acetic anhydride and succinic anhydride in acetic acid as a solvent to obtain a reaction product solution containing HPMCAS; a water addition step of adding water to the reaction product solution to obtain a water-added reaction product solution; an acetic acid removal step of removing at least a portion of both the solvent acetic acid and acetic acid derived from the acetic anhydride from the water-added reaction product solution to obtain a mixture having an acetic acid content reduced; and a wash and recovery step of washing the mixture and recovering the HPMCAS.

There is provided a method for efficiently produce hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose acetate succinate (HPMCAS) having excellent flowability, where acetic acid in a reaction product mixture subjected to a wash and recovery step can be reduced. More specifically, there is provided a method for producing HPMCAS including an esterification step of esterifying hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) with acetic anhydride and succinic anhydride in acetic acid as a solvent to obtain a reaction product solution containing HPMCAS; a water addition step of adding water to the reaction product solution to obtain a water-added reaction product solution; an acetic acid removal step of removing at least a portion of both the solvent acetic acid and acetic acid derived from the acetic anhydride from the water-added reaction product solution to obtain a mixture having an acetic acid content reduced; and a wash and recovery step of washing the mixture and recovering the HPMCAS.

A sealant film ensuring thermal adhesiveness and having excellent environmental compatibility while using a recycled polyolefin. The sealant film includes a polyolefin film containing a recycled polyolefin and is characterized in that the recycled polyolefin contains a polyolefin-incompatible foreign substance in an amount of 1 to 20 mass %, and the foreign substance has a maximum size of 1 to 2000 m.

A sealant film ensuring thermal adhesiveness and having excellent environmental compatibility while using a recycled polyolefin. The sealant film includes a polyolefin film containing a recycled polyolefin and is characterized in that the recycled polyolefin contains a polyolefin-incompatible foreign substance in an amount of 1 to 20 mass %, and the foreign substance has a maximum size of 1 to 2000 m.