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One of the most common questions we're asked is, “What is the most suitable replacement for a material I'm using now?” As you know, finding an alternative plastic can be overwhelming because there are more than 85,000 commercially available grades. That's why we created a way for you to find replacement plastics quickly using Prospector. Click to continue.

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Oxobiodegradation Training

iodegradation Training

On April 1st, the Centre National d'Evaluation de Photoprotection (CNEP) has organized a one day meeting devoted to the fundamental and the applied approach of oxobiodegradation including the research to create adapted standards for oxobiodegradability assessment.

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Quickly find alternative plastics

Quickly find alternative resins

Prospector's Alternative Plastics Search helps you quickly find replacement plastics by automatically analyzing the material you are currently using against property data for more than 85,000 grades within the Prospector database. It produces a ranked list of possible replacements for you to review and even compare side by side with your original grade.

  • Find offsets for discontinued materials
  • Uncover lower cost replacement plastics
  • Locate better-performing resins

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Prospector Quick Tip: Dry and Conditioned Plastic Material

Prospector Quick Tip

More than 1,800 polymers now show Dry and Conditioned plastics data side-by-side, providing designers all the information they need on one datasheet.

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Featured Marketplace Listings

Visit The Plastics Marketplace

Item # Family Description Form lbs $/lb
225-3182 HDPE sell HDPE granules in bags of 25 kg capacity of 13... REPRO 130,000 $0.60
225-3181 LDPE LDPE granules sell in bags of 25 kg capacity of 13... REPRO 130,000 $0.58
225-3178 LDPE+HDPE sell polyethylene LDPE + HDPE granules in bags of ... REPRO 130,000 $0.60
225-3179 LDPE+HDPE sell polyethylene LDPE + HDPE granules in bags of ... REPRO 130,000 $0.60
225-3180 LDPE+HDPE sell polyethylene LDPE + HDPE granules in bags of ... REPRO 130,000 $0.60
469-3189 PP, Unspecified PP BIG BAGS (SCRAP) WHITE IMOPORTED FROM EUROPE A ... SCRAP 2,400,000 $0.18
469-3190 PP, Unspecified PP BIG BAGS (SCRAP) WHITE IMOPORTED FROM EUROPE A ... SCRAP 2,400,000 $0.18
297-3176 PBT Valox 420 SEO Virgin Color Grey# 8051 from Sabic ... VIRGIN 20,000 $0.63
297-3175 PETG PETG White Clean Regrind, 40,000 lbs packaged in G... REGRIND 40,000 $0.32

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