Although radical polymerization is used in the synthesis of about half the world’s polymers, details of exactly what is going on in the reaction soup in complex industrial settings have been sketchy at best. As the materials enter our lives as, for example, drugs, coatings, fibers and solar cells, controlling their reactions and therefore their properties is extremely important.
Food packaging and other disposable plastic items could soon be composted at home along with organic waste thanks to a new sugar-based polymer.
The degradable polymer is made from sugars known as lignocellulosic biom...
The Plastics Environmental Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) has announced the six finalists in the Clean Technology Business Forum & Competition to be held at next month’s Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC) 2010.
The versatility of RPC Containers Oakham’s pail solutions has been confirmed after compost manufacturer Vital Earth asked RPC to pack its innovative new fertiliser, Chicken Poo™.
Plantic Technologies Ltd. announced today a new distribution agreement in the Americas for its line of the Plantic biopolymer rigid packaging films in an exclusive partnership with the Klöckner Pentaplast Group (Gordonsv...
Nortest are pleased to announce that they are now the UK representatives for Lambient Technologies a relatively new US manufacturer of dielectric cure monitoring systems for thermoset materials.
Ground-breaking trials by Axion Consulting have shown waste polypropylene carpets can be recycled into good quality polymer pellet for re-use in new applications, such as injection-moulded products.
The findings coul...
The Plastics Environmental Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) today announced the recipients of the Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC) 2010 Environmental Stewardship Awards.
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Economic analysts are pointing to the recession drawing to a close in Europe driven by fiscal and monetary stimuli together with relatively resilient growth in Asia and Latin America. However, having survived the recessi...
Twelve new grades of DuPont engineering polymers that meet demanding requirements for use in health care products and equipment are making their debut at the MD&M West exposition in Anaheim, Calif., Feb. 8 - 11.
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