Category "Plastics"

IBM researchers have discovered a catalytic chemical process that digests plastics into a substance which can be fed directly back into plastic manufacturing machines in order to make new products.

After twelve years of research, in 1941 Henry Ford presented a groundbreaking invention: his hemp fuelled and cellulose-plastic prototype car.

Neopac, a global provider of high-quality packaging for a wide range of industries and applications, will showcase a new recycled plastic tube.

Citizens are invited to bring their plastic waste to the lab, design their own custom street furniture, and 3D-print it with the help of a robotic arm and on-site recycling facilities.

ELOXEL, the new company created by Bio-on, aims to revolutionize the world of electronics and enables designers to create sustainable products and revolutionary applications.

WHEYPACK project aims to demonstrate environmental and socio-economic benefits of a biodegradable food packaging material with a lower environmental impact.

Our planet has a plastic problem. Of the billions of tons produced, only a small part, less than 10%, has been recycled. The rest is thrown into dumps. It is burnt, or ends up in the ocean.

BASF’s ChemCycling project is a new innovative way to reutilize the plastic wastes by thermochemical processes to produce syngas or oils.

Viele weiche PVC-Sorten sind gesundheitsgefährdend. Ein Konsortium der Hamburger und Bielfelder Universitäten sowie der BASF SE sucht deshalb nach biobasierten Alternativen.

TheCircularLab creates a plastic from plant waste that can be recycled, composted and can biodegrade in a marine environment.