January 12, 2021

Dow Announces Polyol Increase

January 12, 2021

Polyol PRICE INCREASE

Effective February 1, 2021, or as contracts allow, The Dow Chemical Company, on behalf of itself and its applicable consolidated subsidiaries (“Dow”), will increase off-list prices by the amounts listed below on all grades and package types of the following Polyol products in North America:

VORANOL US $0.07 / lb
VORALUX US $0.07 / lb
SPECFLEX US $0.07 / lb

Thank you for your continued business with Dow. Please contact your Account Manager if you have any questions related to this communication.

January 12, 2021

Dow Announces Polyol Increase

January 12, 2021

Polyol PRICE INCREASE

Effective February 1, 2021, or as contracts allow, The Dow Chemical Company, on behalf of itself and its applicable consolidated subsidiaries (“Dow”), will increase off-list prices by the amounts listed below on all grades and package types of the following Polyol products in North America:

VORANOL US $0.07 / lb
VORALUX US $0.07 / lb
SPECFLEX US $0.07 / lb

Thank you for your continued business with Dow. Please contact your Account Manager if you have any questions related to this communication.

January 8, 2021

MA Passes FR Act

Bill H.4900 191st (2019 – 2020)

An Act to protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants

Bill Information

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

• Bill History
• Amendments
• Cosponsors
• Committee Vote

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4900/BillHistory

January 8, 2021

MA Passes FR Act

Bill H.4900 191st (2019 – 2020)

An Act to protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants

Bill Information

Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

• Bill History
• Amendments
• Cosponsors
• Committee Vote

Displaying 18 actions for Bill H.4900

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4900/BillHistory

January 7, 2021

Glycolysis Analysis

Life Cycle Assessment of Polyurethane Foams from Polyols Obtained through Chemical Recycling

• Alessandro Marson
• Massimiliano Masiero
• Michele Modesti
• Antonio Scipioni
• Alessandro Manzardo*

Cite this: ACS Omega 2021, XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXXPublication Date:January 7, 2021https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c05844

Abstract

In this research, the results of the life cycle assessment of polyurethane (PUR) foams with different recycled polyol contents are presented. A methodological framework implementing laboratory activities directly into the life cycle assessment has been developed. Laboratory activities made the primary data related to the recycled polyol production available through the glycolysis of polyurethane scraps and the subsequent production and characterization of the foams. Five different formulations were analyzed with glycolyzed polyol content ranging from 0 to 100%. A comprehensive set of impact categories was considered. To ensure the robustness of the results, the influence of two different end-of-life allocation approaches was investigated, and the model was subjected to sensitivity and uncertainty analyses. Formulations with recycled content of 50 and 75% scored better environmental impacts compared to others. The main contributions to the overall impact resulted to be related to the production of isocyanate and virgin polyol. Physical characteristics such as density and thermal conductivity emerged as the main variables to be considered to minimize the overall environmental impacts of PUR foams.

Read more here:

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.0c05844