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AIMPLAS improves the recovery of waste to produce bioplastics
The BIOTOOLS project seeks to optimize the transformation processes of domestic agricultural and organic waste, through hydrolysis and fermentation processes, to convert them into resources, such as lactic acid and PHB AIMPLAS (Technological Institute of Plastic)...
R&D in Europe: Innovative plastic solutions for packaging and agriculture
The plastics sector is currently one of the largest in the world. Despite the global impact suffered by Covid-19, in Europe the market reached an estimated turnover value of 15.8 billion euros in 2020. The technological advances made in the plastics sector since its...
STADLER promotes the recycling of black plastic
New technologies allow the recycling and classification of black plastic, not only by color, but also by polymer Over the years, black plastic has presented numerous challenges to plastics recycling. The main challenge it posed had to do with how difficult it was to...
What benefits and properties does thermoplastic polyurethane offer to additive manufacturing?
Additive manufacturing has a multitude of options in terms of materials, which are adjusted according to the needs of each project. Thermoplastic polyurethane, or commonly known as TPU, is one of the most innovative materials with the highest elastomeric behavior on...
2K materials: the future of the automotive industry at K 2022
Leonhard Kurz and Engel will demonstrate this process at K 2022 at the Kurz booth (A19 in Hall 5), where an Engel machine will mold rear covers. Leonhard Kurz and Engel have joined forces and will present a future-proof design concept for the rear areas of vehicles,...
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Ecological electric vehicle charging with mass balanced polycarbonate
The EVBox Group will use Covestro's Makrolon RE polycarbonate, which comes from recycled waste and residues, for charging infrastructures. In order to drive the transition to electric mobility, Covestro continues to develop innovative material solutions and has...
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...