Blog
Featured
Plastics that reduce environmental impact
Environmental impact is an issue that is receiving increasing attention in the Plastics Industry. Solutions to mitigate negative effects on the environment range from products to sustainable processes. To reduce the environmental impact, there are many initiatives and...
How to address the economic effects of COVID-19 and climate change?
To face the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges posed by climate change worldwide, the participation of industries and authorities in each region is key According to José Manuel Entrecanales, President of ACCIONA, today it is vital to simultaneously address the...
These lines will produce a million masks a day
The initiative comes as part of efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and respond to the growing demand for face masks Mondi Gronau has a proven history of producing and handling films, laminates, nonwovens and stretch laminates for hygiene products. In order to...
Benefits of thermoplastic composites
Thermoplastic composites are presented as an alternative for the industry compared to thermoset composites. The latter use as matrix a thermosetting resin that acquires rigidity when the crosslinking of its polymeric chains occurs. As a result of this reaction, the...
Plastic extends the degrees of freedom
Faced with the COVID-19 panorama, today more than ever, the Plastic Industry must work 100%, says Mauricio Yánez, Sales Manager at Polymer Solutions Plastic mitigates the spread of COVID-19, says Mauricio Yánez, Sales Manager at Polymer Solutions. As he explains, many...
More news
Expert: Chinese waste import ban impacts virgin plastic prices
China's import ban on waste, known as the "Sword Action" initiative, is likely to increase the use of virgin plastics in the country in the coming years, according to a senior research analyst at Wood Mackenzie. Commenting on the ban, which came into effect in January...
Blood Bags: Safe Packaging for the Elixir of Life
Virtually no other medical product is related to as many emotions as blood stores. Regardless of whether the donor blood reaches the market as red blood cells, white blood cells, blood platelets, or blood plasma. In Germany, three-quarters of people do not want money...
The Metro, ally of recycled plastic
Recycled plastic works perfectly to produce materials called nanocomposites. The mixing achieved with this method allows the use of conventional and commercial plastics processing equipment on the market. The sleepers of the Metro Transportation System tracks, made...
Better trigger performance
RPC Zeller Plastik has redesigned the trigger pumps for a range of home and laundry care products from Henkel, one of the world's leading manufacturers of branded home and laundry care products, home care and laundry. beauty and adhesive technology. As the...
A Circular Economy project will bring the benefits of this new paradigm to Valencian plastics companies
The Circular Economy is the new paradigm proposed by the European Union to produce a more sustainable society and business fabric, both from an environmental and economic point of view. In this new model, one of the main points is that waste is treated as resources...
UK microbead ban takes effect
A ban on the manufacture of products containing microparticles went into effect in the UK on January 9. According to the Minister of the Environment, Thérèse Coffey, manufacturers of cosmetics and personal care products will no longer be able to add products such as...
They develop nanomaterials that improve sports products
The Institute of Biomechanics (IBV) and the Technological Institute of Packaging, Transport and Logistics (Itene) have worked for the last two years on the Nanosport project with the aim of developing and improving the performance of sports products thanks to the use...
UK Official Warns of “Chaos” Ahead of China’s Waste Import Ban
The chief executive of the UK's 'The Recycling Association', Simon Ellin, warned that there could be potential chaos following China's ban on imports of waste, including plastic waste, starting in the new year. "Clearly, as we in the UK, US and elsewhere don't have...