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Samsung will use recycled marine plastics in its devices
In order to reduce its ecological footprint and reuse as much plastic as possible, Samsung seeks to promote strategies that take advantage of the properties of recycled plastic. Samsung disclosed that its next Galaxy devices, scheduled to launch this week, will be...
More resistant plastics from recycling? It’s already possible
By selectively extracting hydrogen atoms from the Polyolefin, the chemists devised a way to extend the life of single-use plastic into a high-value plastic known as an ionomer. Chemists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have created a method to create...
Recycled plastic denture molds are a reality
SmileDirectClub maintains an agreement with HP with which it has created a sustainable production model with which it can manufacture up to 75,000 dental aligners daily with 3D printing technology Plastics are such malleable materials that they continue to provide...
A truly cheap and abundant bioplastic?
Bioderived materials usually have an economic cost that significantly increases the final price of the products in which they are used. Scientists around the world are still trying to create new sustainable materials, but unless these materials are scalable and...
High prices of recycled plastic put UK producers in check
The extraordinarily high prices could mean virgin plastics will still be cheaper than recycled ones, even after paying the UK's virgin material levy. High prices for recycled plastic, which have reached record levels in the last twelve months, coupled with the UK...
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Water-soluble plastics: sustainable ally against COVID-19
Water-soluble plastics could become a sustainable and biodegradable alternative for the waste problem, as well as being an important ally in health matters Research on water-soluble plastics has increased in recent years, but very few initiatives have succeeded. The...
Morocco toughens regulations for the entry of industrial products and requires certifications
The Kingdom of Morocco has further strengthened the requirements of the 2020 Conformity Verification Program (VOC) in which the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Green Economy and Digital (MICEVN) establishes the obligation to certify industrial products that reach its...
PolyREC is born, the organization that will report on the Circularity of Plastics in Europe
The European associations Petcore Europe, PlasticsEurope, Plastics Recyclers Europe and VinylPlus have agreed to join forces to create the PolyREC organization. This new entity will monitor, verify and report on recycling data and use of recycled plastics in Europe....
Advances in plastic recycling processes: towards a Circular Economy
The development of a Circular Economy to combat the emergency situation created by plastic waste depends on our being able to generate a demand for high quality recycled products. Stadler, a world leader in sorting plants for the recycling industry, has undergone a...
New plastic can repel COVID-19 in 15 minutes
AlpFilm Protect PBC is a plastic film that inactivates 99.99% of the coronavirus in 15 minutes. The material has been prepared by the companies Braskem, AlpFilm and Nanox, in conjunction with the federal universities of São Carlos (UFSCar) of Brazil and Jaume I of...
Spain needs to double the production of recycled plastic to meet the demand of the food industry
The demand for recycled plastic (r-PET) is registering a growing trend driven, among others, by new regulatory requirements or sustainability commitments established by companies, which sometimes become even more ambitious. Specifically, the European Union has...
This is how the first cobot box packer works in the packaging industry
The new autonomous collaborative robot (cobot) is a 6-axis Omron and is part of a new automation solution applied by the company Muller Technology, a leading global provider of molds and automation solutions for thin-wall packaging, announced the launch of the first...
Evonik develops a transparent sustainable polyamide for the optical industry
Evonik developed a transparent sustainable polyamide made with a 50% reduction in carbon dioxide footprint compared to similar products developed with conventional energies. Polyamides are essential in the optical industry, but they do not always go hand in hand with...