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The health sector surrenders to the advantages of 3D printing
Pre-operative analysis and planning in trauma, dental, training and even hospital maintenance departments are some of the fields in which alternative production technologies are already being applied successfully. But there is a lot of other research in development...
Iris van Herpen: haute couture made with ocean plastic
Dutch dressmaker Iris van Herpen teamed up with Parley for the Oceans to design a stunning dress made from recycled marine plastics Fashion and sustainability are not in fights, and indeed it could be the future of the circular economy. Dutch dressmaker Iris van...
Enzyme additives that break down plastic and improve recycling
Innovative Film Solutions developed a new cocktail of complex enzymes that accelerate the biodegradation of plastics. Leftover material, the company claims, can be reprocessed into high-quality plastic again Plastic waste management continues to be in the sights of...
Polymers Power Holographic Display for Mobility
Covestro and Ceres Holographics have signed an agreement to commercialize a photopolymer film that enables new line-of-sight applications on the front, side and rear windows of vehicles Scottish technology firm Ceres Holographics signed a strategic partnership with...
PLASTIMAGEN LIGHT: the Forum of the Plastic Industry will be held only in digital format
PLASTIMAGEN LIGHT, the most important forum for the Plastics Industry in Latin America, takes into account the current health contingency and will be held in digital format from March 22 to 26 Derived from the health crisis caused by COVID-19, Tarsus México announced...
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UK plastics federation calls for control of waste exports
UK plastics federation calls for control of waste exports The British Plastics Federation (PBF) has released a position paper, Vision for the Circular Economy, calling for tighter control over exports of plastic waste to developing countries. Supporting a 2018...
Only 10% of plastic in the United States is recycled. A new type of plastic could change that
Most plastics have a chemical history that makes starting a new life challenging. The dyes and flame retardants that make them perfect, for example a sofa cushion or detergent bottle, make them difficult to transform into a desirable end product, one of the reasons...
Researchers developed a technique to turn nearly a quarter of our plastic waste into fuel
The process could help convert millions of tons of plastic that we generate each year into a fuel similar to gasoline and diesel. The world is drowning in plastic. Every year, more than 300 million tons of plastic find their way to a landfill or the environment, where...
The popularity of sustainable packaging grows
A recent study found that 75% of consumers prefer sustainable Nor-Grip over shrink plastic film. Smurfit Kappa, Europe's leading corrugated packaging company, recently identified an increase in the number of companies looking for sustainable substitutes for the...
Nanofabrica will exhibit micro 3D advances in Hannover
Israeli technology company Nanofabrica will showcase its recently marketed micrometer-level additive (AM) manufacturing platforms (Workship System and Industrial System) during the Hannover Messe 2019 trade show from April 1-5. The company claims an "innovative"...
EU urged to brace for surge in engineering plastic waste
Europe will face an increasing amount of waste from technical plastic parts in the coming years, a recent report warned. Driven by trends in digitization and lightweighting, demand for technical plastic parts is increasing "very fast", making them the third most...
Increase in demand for thermoplastic elastomers in the automotive industry
TPEs are also used in containers and packaging, toothbrushes, rakes, and in medical applications Due to its physical and mechanical properties, rubber is widely used in automotive applications, however elastomers, which can be reused and recycled, are beginning to...
Chemical recycling will allow the polyurethane to be removed from the landfill and used as a raw material
Aimplas, the Technological Institute of Plastics, participates in the FOAM2FOAM project whose objective is to obtain raw materials from polyurethane waste that until now ended up in a landfill or were mechanically recycled to obtain products with little added value....