https://www.avient.com/news/sustainable-color-additive-solutions-textiles-avient-highlighted-yarn-expo-autumn-2023
Cesa™ Fiber Tracer Concentrates contain special taggants that can identify the origin of fibers in different applications, including garments, sportswear, and home textiles.
https://www.avient.com/news/showcasing-commitment-sustainability-avient-set-impress-france-innovation-plasturgie
reSound™ REC Recycled Content TPEs: The new AF 7210 series of reSound REC TPEs contain 51 – 59% recycled content, including a minimum of 37% from post-consumer recycled (PCR) sources, including closed-loop feedstock from within the automotive industry.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-showcases-new-sustainable-solutions-and-recent-compliance-certifications-itma-2023
The GRS-certified color and additive solutions contain a required percentage of pre-consumer or post-consumer recycled polyester primarily from recycled PET flakes.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-launches-new-tpes-post-consumer-recycled-content-automotive-windshields
Both new TPEs contain 25 percent post-consumer recycled (PCR) content from PVB reclaimed from broken automotive windshields and laminated architectural glass.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-showcase-sustainable-textile-innovations-yarn-expo-autumn-shanghai
The GRS-certified color and additive solutions from Avient contain a required percentage of pre-consumer or post-consumer recycled polyester primarily from recycled PET, Nylon, PP, PE, and other resin bases that aim to save on energy and water use during the spin-dyeing (dope-dyeing) process.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-unveils-ptfe-free-and-non-halogen-flame-retardants-polycarbonate-fakuma-2023
Traditionally, these flame retardants have often contained polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), which is part of per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS), a group of chemicals widely used to resist heat, oil, stain, and water.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-highlight-bio-based-polymer-solutions-pharmapack-2024
Specially developed for biopharmaceutical tubing, it contains nearly 40% first-generation biomass content and shows a PCF reduction of nearly 25% compared to standard Versaflex HC BT218 grades – calculated with Avient’s third-party certified PCF calculator.
https://www.avient.com/news/specialty-polymer-solutions-avient-improved-durability-and-sustainability-healthcare-products-pharmapack-2023
The new range contains shades commonly used in medical devices: yellow, mid and dark grey, mid green, light and dark blue, white, and black.
https://www.avient.com/news/avient-s-new-recycled-tpe-grades-support-greater-use-recycled-materials-automotive-vehicles
Overall, the new reSound REC AF 7210 TPE grades from Avient contain 51-59% recycled content, with a minimum of 37% from PCR sources, including closed-loop feedstock.
https://www.avient.com/news/unlocking-sustainability-avient-showcase-solutions-circular-economy-chinaplas-2021
reSound™ R PC contains 25 to 70 percent PCR or PIR (post-industrial recycled) polycarbonate with multiple color options to deliver sustainable benefits to customers.