Plasticity Looks at the Next Life of Plastics
Gayle Putrich
Published on 03 July 2014
More often than not, debates about end-of-life problems with plastic results in industry vs. environmentalist finger-pointing, stalemates — and no viable solutions.
But not at the Plasticity Forum. The one-day event examining the future of plastic, held June 24 at Tribeca Rooftop in New York, brought together would-be opponents for a day of collaboration and discussion on how to treat plastic as a resource and not waste.
Plastic - If You Can Measure It, You Can Manage It
Published on 29 May 2014
Plastic has many great uses, due to its light weight, flexibility in molding, and durability – yet these are also its downfalls, particularly because it is difficult to create economies of scale for the many varieties of plastic that exist. In the US alone, estimates are that over US$8bn per year is ‘left on the table’ in the form of packaging waste alone, which does not get recycled.
Roughly 85% of the plastic used in products and packaging is not recycled, and this is a large, global opportunity – an opportunity for cleaning our country sides and waterways, while creating jobs and innovation.
VinylPlus raises the bar by registering over 440,000 tonnes of recycled PVC in Europe in 2013
Summary by Billy Chan
Published on 26 May 2014
VinyPlus successfully met its PVC recycling target in Europe in 2013
IBM Discovers New Materials to ‘Transform Manufacturing’
Summary by Robert Rath
Published on 20 May 2014
IBM scientists have discovered the first new class of polymer in decades – it’s strong, lightweight, self-healing, can be recycled down to its base materials and may change manufacturing.
Washing-up Liquid Bottle Made from Ocean Plastic Aims to Clean up Seas
Rebecca Smithers, The Guardian
Published on 17 May 2014
Ecover, a Belgian company, has been working with manufacturer Logoplaste to combine plastic trawled from the sea with a plastic made from sugarcane (which it calls Plant-astic) and recycled plastic, in what it is hailing as a world-first for packaging.
Press Release - Plasticity NYC
Published on 06 May 2014
On the 24th of June, 2014, the 3rd annual Plasticity Forum will be hosted in New York City. Following on from the success of the previous forums in Rio 2012 and Hong Kong 2013, this year’s forum will concentrate on “Innovation and Collaboration in a Material World”. A showcase of ideas in motion, Plasticity will include the latest developments in waste as a resource, scalable innovations in plastic that save money, use of new materials, designing for sustainability and solutions for a world where plastic is used, but without the footprint.
New Plastic Recycling Plant to be in the Netherlands
Published on 25 April 2014
Quality Circular Polymers (QCP) to be built in the Netherlands for PP and PE material recycling.
Plastics Recycling Rates in Michigan Will Go Up, if New Initiative Works
Published on 15 April 2014
Clean Tech, a unit of Plastipak Packaging Inc., expects to recycle about 6 billion plastic bottles this year and has an eye on 10 billion plastic bottles within three years. But that’s only if recycling rates improve in communities served by the company.
Football team takes glory in kit made from recycled plastic
By Rikki Stancich
Published on 18 April 2013
Girls from a British junior school have won their first 7- a- side football tournament wearing a brand new kit made from the plastic bottles they recycled.
MBA Polymers plant achieves certification
By Rikki Stancich
Published on 11 April 2013
MBA Polymers is among the first post-consumer plastics recyclers in Europe to achieve EuCertPlast certification.
