by Plastics.com Staff | Dec 3, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Environmental, Europe, Polymer Science, Recycling, Scrap Plastics
Swindon, UK — In 2016, Recycling Technologies was part of the first cohort of the Barclays Unreasonable Impact accelerator, which supports entrepreneurs that are providing solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges. Two years on it has booked £65m of future...
by Plastics.com Staff | Nov 27, 2018 | Consumer, Daily News, Part Design
Design — This bike helmet folds down to the size of a laptop to fit in your backpack or purse. Do you ever ride your bike to work or lunch and wonder what you’re going to do with your bulky helmet the rest of the day? The Morpher flat folding helmet allows you to ride...
by Plastics.com Staff | Nov 27, 2018 | Daily News, Environmental
Vienna, Austria — Every minute, a dumptruckful of plastic plops into the world’s oceans. That’s eight million metric tons every year1. Once waterborne, whatever doesn’t wash ashore eventually breaks down into itty bits. The puniest pieces—the ones...
by Plastics.com Staff | Nov 27, 2018 | Daily News, Part Design
NY, NY — From lavish Florentine villas to hip Manhattan nurseries, acrylic is having a renaissance. A plastic derivative often referred to by its commercial names, Lucite and Plexiglass, the material is increasingly embraced by exacting tastemakers and their peers in...
by Plastics.com Staff | Oct 3, 2018 | Business, Commodity Polymers, Consumer, Daily News, North America, Polymer Science
Houston Chronicle — Working in nearly 100-degree heat, sweating through mud-stained coveralls, four roustabouts wrestled with 30-foot sections of pipe that would follow a drill bit plunging some 13,000 feet into the earth, then turning nearly 90 degrees to chew...
by Plastics.com Staff | Oct 3, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Global, Medical
Digitaljournal.com — The Medical Plastics market is anticipated to reach over USD 37.5 billion by 2026 according to a new research published by Polaris Market Research. In 2017, the medical components segment dominated the global market, in terms of revenue. North...
