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 | 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 | Sep 12, 2018 | Asia/Pacifica, Business, Daily News, Environmental, North America, Recycling, Scrap Plastics
Thailand — A Thai policy restricting the import of scrap plastics has proved effective. U.S. scrap plastic exports to the country dropped by 94 percent after the ban took hold. U.S. exporters sent 1.5 million pounds of recovered plastic to Thailand in July, the most...
by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 11, 2018 | Daily News, Environmental, Europe, Polymer Science, Recycling
UK — UK scientists have discovered a simple sunlight-driven process to transform plastic waste into hydrogen and other useful chemicals. ‘We want to use non-recyclable waste and make something useful out of it. Plastic waste contains a lot of energy and when you throw...
by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 10, 2018 | Consumer, Daily News, Environmental, Europe, Global, Injection Molding, Part Design
Billund, Denmark — At the heart of this town lies a building that is a veritable temple to the area’s most famous creation, the humble Lego brick. It is filled with complex creations, from a 50-foot tree to a collection of multicoloured dinosaurs, all of them built...
by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 7, 2018 | Africa, Asia/Pacifica, Business, Daily News, Environmental, Global, Scrap Plastics
Pope Francis is talking about plastics in the oceans while his church is sinking under the weight of abuse allegations, say critics. Yet while both issues are serious, neither is what it appears — and the moment provides a good opportunity to discuss both. The...
