Each year, about 27 million tires end up in landfills, dumps and stockpiles, where they pose health and environmental hazards. These tires could get a second life as components of the roads they once ...

HOUSTON, July 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. (NYSE: KRA), a leading global producer of styrenic block copolymers or SBCs, and TNK Bitumen Performance, a unit of TNK-BP, a ...

POTTER TWP. — Shell Polymers will partner with a chemical recycling company to pave roads at its petrochemical site with asphalt enhanced with recycled plastic additive. Shell on Thursday announced ...

HOUSTON, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraton Corporation, a leading global sustainable producer of specialty polymers and high-value biobased products derived from pine wood pulping co-products, ...

CHARLOTTE, NC - BASF has appointed Steven Muncy as Market Development Manager, Asphalt Polymers, in North America. He will be based in Raleigh, NC. In his new role, Muncy is responsible for working ...

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraton Corporation, a leading global producer of specialty polymers and pine chemicals, proudly celebrates the fifth anniversary of its CirKular+™ ...

HOUSTON—Willem Vonk, application and technical service manager at Kraton Corp.'s polymers research facility in Amsterdam has won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Modified Asphalt ...

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 15, 2025/PRNewswire/ -- The bitumen market is driven by rapid urbanization, expanding road infrastructure projects, and growing demand for durable waterproofing solutions.

OF ALL the plastic produced since the 1950s, less than 10% has been recycled. The vast majority ends up being dumped, most of it in landfill. Some is left to litter the natural environment, where it ...

Technological advancements, including the development of polymer-modified bitumen and bio-based alternatives, enhance performance and align with environmental sustainability goals. However, the ...