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Plastics News India

Panel of designers discuss responsible package design

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At the Print Business Outlook Conference held on 15 March in Mumbai a panel discussed packaging design and branding. “The Smithers PIRA estimates the growth of packaging in India, through 2018, to be on the order of 10% per year. Also, with the per capita packaging consumption in India is low, hence the potential for […]

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Plastics News India

PETisSafe: M K Bhan committee tells National Green Tribunal

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An expert committee headed by former biotech secretary M K Bhan on Monday said plastic bottles made of PET (poly ethylene terephthalate) material are safe for packaging medicines. The pharmaceutical and soft drinks industry account for one fourth of India’s PET packaging industry. “There is no conclusive evidence to suggest that use of PET or […]

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Green tribunal to rule on safety of PET containers on Monday

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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is slated to pronounce on Monday on whether plastic packaging of products including polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers is safe or not. Uttarakhand-based NGO, Him Jagriti, has petitioned the NGT that given India’s extreme variations of temperature, it fears that PET containers leached harmful chemicals like phthalates and heavy metals. It […]

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Recycling News

Why You Should Let Your Trash Bring You Some Cash

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Are you still throwing out those empty cans from last night’s party? Wait a minute! Did you know that recycling  one ‘aluminium can’ saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours? It’s the same with all the paper and packaging material you throw away. Recycling one ton of paper can save 17 trees!! […]

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Industry

Processing Waste Plastic into Building Materials

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The students of the department of Mechanical Engineering, St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru have come up with a extruder that develops building materials, especially plastic bricks, from plastic waste. The students made a presentation of this at the exhibition for engineering colleges, as part of National Science Day celebrations at the Pilikula Regional Science Centre […]

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Plastics News India

Mars recalls chocolates in India over plastic fears

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New Delhi: Mars, one of the world’s largest chocolate makers, has recalled some of its products here because of fears that consumers may find pieces of plastic in them. After a piece of red plastic was found in one Snickers bar in Germany on Tuesday, the US-based company announced that it was launching a voluntary […]

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Product News

Perstorp develops winning formula with top sports flooring manufacturer Herculan

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Perstorp, the world leader in polycaprolactone polyols, is continuously looking to diversify and develop its current portfolio of products to solve specific customer needs. One successful project has involved Herculan, a major flooring manufacturer where a new innovative product has been developed, tested and introduced into high performance polyurethane flooring solutions. The new product provides […]

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Plastics News

GW Plastics launches biggest facility, banking on China growth

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GW Plastics Inc. has completed a long-awaited expansion of its Dongguan, China, facilities. In an email interview with Plastics News , Ben Bouchard, GW’s vice president for international business development and managing director for China, clarified that the expansion, originally planned to open in 2015, was delayed by six months because of construction-related issues. “Building our […]

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