by Plastics.com Staff | Jan 29, 2019 | Daily News, Europe, Medical, Polymer Science
Moscow – Plastics Today — I’ve heard people in the plastics industry say things like, “Even if plastics could cure cancer, people would hate it.” Okay, so let’s see what people think of plastic if it really does cure cancer. According to an article, “Polymer...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jan 29, 2019 | Daily News, Environmental, Europe, Polymer Science
Finland – PNE — The burning issue of ocean litter may be a step closer to being solved with a little help from plastic-eating bugs. The Finnish VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing microbes that degrade plastic as part of a project called...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jan 29, 2019 | Commodity Polymers, Daily News, Environmental
NY Post — As if grocery shopping weren’t enough of a hassle, it’s about to become even more inconvenient in New York — for no good reason. State lawmakers may soon cave to the anti-plastic craze by passing a statewide plastic bag ban. In its zeal to jump on the...
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...
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...
