PET Price Plastics Industry Plastics News Plastics News India Researchers Create Plastic-Degrading Enzyme April 19, 2018 / April 19, 2018 by Plastics Infomart An international team of researchers from the United States, UK and Brazil has engineered an enzyme which can digest polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the primary material used in the manufacture of single-use plastic beverage bottles, in some clothing, and in carpets. The research team made the breakthrough when they were examining the structure of PETase, a […] Read more » plastics news india
Press Release FDA Approval for Total Circular Compounds® Containing Recycled HDPE April 19, 2018 / April 19, 2018 by Plastics Infomart Brussels, April 18, 2018-The US Food and Drug Administration has determined that Total’s secondary recycling process at its Antwerp Belgium site for the production of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Circular Compounds is effective in reducing contaminants from Post-Consumer Recycled HDPE (PCR-HDPE) material to an extent which allows for its use in food packaging. Consequently, rPE […] Read more » Press Release
Plastic Recycling Plastics Industry Plastics News India Plastic recycling: Why are 99.75% of coffee cups not recycled? April 18, 2018 / April 18, 2018 by Plastics Infomart It’s gradually becoming common knowledge that it’s not as easy to recycle your takeaway coffee cup as people may have thought. It’s the mixture of paper and plastic in their inner lining – designed to make them both heat and leakproof – that causes difficulties. There are currently only a small number of specialist plants […] Read more » plastic recycling
Plastic Raw Material Plastics News Why material innovation is crucial for device development April 18, 2018 / April 18, 2018 by Plastics Infomart Medical device manufacturers continuously strive to develop innovative products that are compliant with regulatory bodies and competitive. Next-generation product development based on raw material innovation is one way OEMs can achieve this target. Polymers offer properties such as durability, lightweight, chemical resistance, transparency and their ability to be easily shaped. They can be combined with […] Read more » plastic raw material
Plastic Recycling Plastics News Colchester’s first Zero Waste Expo gets creative with plastic for all the family April 18, 2018 / April 18, 2018 by Plastics Infomart IMAGINE instead of walking into Firstsite’s foyer, you step into a dinosaur scape with 6ft-tall creatures made from old hoover parts and laptops. The usual silence is replaced with a junk orchestra and nearby there are workshops teaching families how to make instruments from urban waste before they attempt to play a tune. Outside of […] Read more » plastic recycling
Plastics Industry Plastics News Researchers accidentally engineer plastic-eating enzyme April 18, 2018 by Plastics Infomart Researchers in the US and Britain have accidentally engineered an enzyme which eats plastic and may eventually help solve the growing problem of plastic pollution, a study said Monday. More than eight million tons of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans every year, and concern is mounting over this petroleum-derived product’s toxic legacy on […] Read more » Plastics News
Environment Plastic Recycling Plastics Industry Centre notifies Plastic Waste Management April 18, 2018 by Plastics Infomart The Centre has notified the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2018. The amended Rules lay down that the phasing out of Multilayered Plastic (MLP) is now applicable to those MLP, which are non-recyclable, non-energy recoverable, or with no alternate use. Environment Ministry in a release said, the amended rules also prescribe a central registration system […] Read more » plastic recycling
Environment Plastics News Plastics News India The ‘river guardians’ fighting to clean up the world’s most plastic-polluted waterway April 16, 2018 / April 16, 2018 by Plastics Infomart I’m knee-deep in the river Tame in Stalybridge, 15 miles east of Manchester. Beside me is Woz Andrew, a local fly-fishing guide. After climbing down a flight of stone steps from road level — hollowed by a century of boots and a remnant of this river’s industrial past — we have made our way slowly […] Read more » Environment
