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New global alliance commits over $1.0 billion USD to help end plastic waste in the environment; sets goal of investing $1.5 billion USD
JANUARY 16, 2019 – An alliance of global companies from the plastics and consumer goods value chain today launched a new organization to advance solutions to eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the ocean.
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14th International Conference on the Recycling and Recovery of Plastics
The congress is a platform to exchange the latest information, to meet your business…
Publications
Plastics - the Facts 2018
An analysis of European plastics production, demand and waste data
Automotive - The world moves with plastics (brochure)
Plastics enable resource efficient mobility and better functionality by replacing heavier, traditional materials by lightweight plastic materials.
PLASTICS & INNOVATION
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Polymers have succeeded in making themselves indispensable in some of the last places one might expect. In the entertainment world, their textures...
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Loyal companions to cars for over half a century, the polymers that now account for over 20% of a vehicle’s mass actively participate in the automotive revolution...
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The word absorption evokes liquids and sponges. However, certain materials absorb sound, impacts, heat, and even electromagnetic waves! What do they have in common...
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Researchers have recently developed a solution enabling photovoltaic panels to produce energy even in the rain and without any sunlight...
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At a time when sport is hailed as the favourite leisure activity in France, the sports-textiles industry is a growing market fostering innovation...
Plastics take the stage
Plastics at the heart of the cars of today and the revolutions of tomorrow
Polymers absorbed by their role
Solar panels that work in the rain
