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Stratasys Releases its First Radiopaque Material for the Stratasys Digital Anatomy 3D Printer
Stratasys Ltd. introduces its first radiopaque 3D printing material for the company's Stratasys Digital Anatomy 3D printers. Stratasys' new RadioMatrix material produces radio-realistic anatomical models that are visible under CT scans or X-ray images. "This new...
New Side Feeder Makes Plastic Recycling More Economical
With the aim of making the recycling of high-volume, lightweight fibers and flakes much cheaper and in some cases even possible, Coperion has developed a new version of its ZS-B side feeder. With the ZS-B MEGAfeed, recycled plastic material with a bulk density of less...
Scientists discover worm capable of eating plastic
The worms can reach between 5 to 6 cm in their maximum size and are native to Central America and the northern part of South America. Researchers at the University of Queensland (UQ), in Australia, have discovered a species of worm capable of eating plastic that could...
The CEP organizes the free webinar ‘Smart for Tools for Advanced Factories’ on June 16
The CEP and RLE International Iberia have organized the webinar 'Smart Tools for Advanced Factories' in which three very different industrial projects will be shown that have been viable thanks to the development and implementation of very different Industry 4.0...
Food Packaging: 56% of growth will come from APAC
China and India are the key markets for food packaging in Asia Pacific, a region where market growth will be faster than growth in other regions The food packaging market will reach a market growth of 60.33 billion dollars between 2020 and 2025, according to the...
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Barcelona uses non-recyclable plastic to pave a street
The new material, explained the Barcelona City Council, has a higher resistance than normal pavements and has a better behavior when passing buses. The Barcelona City Council, in Spain, is implementing creative and innovative ways to reuse non-recyclable plastic, all...
Plastic from algae, Sway’s bet
According to Sway, seaweed grows up to 60 times faster than other crops on land, and can remove up to 20 times more carbon from the air than forests The American startup Sway could have found a suitable material to replace a considerable number of plastic in the...
Arkema presents its new PA 11 «biocircular» medical grade
The new polymer, the company explained, is rigid enough to replace metal parts in surgical devices and has a much lower climate change impact than comparable fossil-based plastics. Arkema launched a new Polyamide (PA) 11 developed for medical applications that...
Packaging waste and its second life: strategies for its recycling and reuse in new applications
The high demand for plastics in recent decades in all sectors, due to the high performance of this material, has led to the production in 2020 of 17.8 tons of packaging waste, according to data from the Plastics, the Facts report 2020 from PlasticEurope. This has led...
Outlook on the Global Plastic Composites Market to 2028
The high demand for Polyethylene (PE) in the packaging industry has mainly contributed to the growth of the packaging end-use segment The size of the global market for plastic compounds could reach a value of 98.65 billion dollars by 2028. Additionally, it is...
Plastic Flamingo creates “eco-wood” from post-consumer plastic
The "eco-wood", indicated Plastic Flamingo, does not rot, does not need maintenance and does not splinter, explained the recyclers Plastic Flamingo, a group of recyclers in the Philippines, developed a material called “eco-wood” from bottles, single-use sachets and...
They launch the world’s first bread container based on post-consumer recycled plastic
Sabic has successfully launched another project within its Trucircle program to accelerate the implementation of a circular economy for plastics. Allied Bakeries, a UK based bakery supplier, has introduced bread bags manufactured by St. Johns Packaging using Sabic...
ExxonMobil to Build Industrial-Scale Plastics Recycling Plant
The new advanced recycling plant will have the capacity to recycle 30 thousand tons of plastic waste per year ExxonMobil announced that it plans to build its first large-scale advanced plastic waste recycling facility. The new plant will be located in Baytown, Texas,...