The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Akron, OH, USA) recently unveiled a demonstration tire comprised of 90 % sustainable materials. This demonstration tire has passed all applicable regulatory ...
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and Audi (Ingolstadt, Germany) recently announced a first-time collaboration to help close the loop for mixed automotive plastic waste.
Carbon-fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRP) are highly attractive for various industries in demanding application fields due to their unique balance of rigidity, mechanical strength, and lightweight – ...
Adhesives are compounds that are used to bond materials and hold them together once their surfaces come into contact. Their properties allow them to easily join materials of different natures.
The issue is familiar and pressing – currently, only 9 % of plastic waste is recycled globally, the rest ending up in landfills, in incinerators (thus generating pollution), or in the environment. ...
A dvanced recycling technologies are developing at a fast pace, with new players constantly appearing on the market, from start-ups to giants and everything in between – new plants are being built, ...
PreScouter, a Chicago-based (USA) research intelligence company, has compiled a new Intelligence Brief that looks at the potential impact of recycling thermosets on reducing fossil-based plastic ...
Grupo Antolin, (Burgos, Spain), a global supplier of technological solutions for car interiors, presents the first headliner substrate produced by thermoforming a PU foam with materials made from ...
Most synthetic fibres are made from fossil material sources. Since these are only available in finite quantities and their use is not always compatible with today’s environmental goals, it is ...
Changing the way we think about plastics is a task facing the entire value chain, but the main focus still lies where a product’s life meets its smelly end’ – on waste management. While keeping an ...
Eastman Chemical Company Board Chair and CEO Mark Costa and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee recently announced the company's plans to build one of the world's largest plastic-to-plastic molecular ...
Every year, an estimated 25 million tonnes of cotton textiles are discarded around the world. In total, 100 million tonnes of textiles are thrown out. In Sweden barely 5 % is recycled, most of the ...
Global warming and plastic pollution are among the biggest challenges of our time. One strategy that tries to tackle both problems simultaneously falls into the areas of chemical recycling and ...
Designed for performance and durability, plastics have become an indispensable part of everyday life. However, poor waste management has led to the accumulation of plastic in the environment.
As foodservice shifts to more disposables for hygiene, a new composting partnership offers a sustainable waste management solution for businesses in London, Brighton, and Sussex.
Gianeco S.r.l. is a plastic recycling company based in Piedmont, Italy and born to operate in the world circular economy. For years it has been dealing with the recycling of different polymers, ...
T he polyhydroxyalkanoate (or PHA) platform consists of products that meet the needs of all known end-of-life options. In this article we shall explain the details behind this statement and its ...
In an insightful article on page 20, Michael Carus outlines his ‘Renewable Carbon Strategy’ in which he not only makes a compelling case for the need to abandon the use of fossil carbon but also ...
Sustainable technology company Anellotech (Pearl River, New York, USA) is significantly expanding its program with Plas-TCatTM, a new process technology aiming to convert a wide range of plastic ...
As PLA finds more and more applications it gives rise to the question of which are the most appropriate technologies for processing. Because of the low glass transition temperature of PLA the ...
A research project at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point over the past two years has instituted what is believed to be the first concerted effort in the USA to collect and recycle ...
Interfacial Solutions LLC (River Falls, Wisconsin, USA) has developed proprietary processing technology that converts scrap PLA, possessing inferior properties, into a recycled PLA resin with ...
A division of Starlinger & Co GmbH (Vienna, Austria), world market leader in the field of machinery and complete lines for woven plastic packaging production, Starlinger recycling technology ...
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