Sustainability 
Conceptual work carried out at Pennsylvania State University in the US has shown that it is possible to design polymers that will react in a specific manner on exposure to certain trigger chemicals.
27 July 2010
Axion Polymers claims to be the first polymer producer in Europe to offer a product certified with the Carbon Trust’s Carbon Reduction Label
22 July 2010
Ford Forschungszentrum says it is close to using polypropylene reinforced with 30% sisal fibres for injection moulding. Ford's Maira Magnani was speaking at Kassel University's 8th Global WPC and Natural Fibre Composites congress and exhibition last month, held for the first time in Stuttgart-Fellbach.
21 July 2010
French architect Jean Robert Mazaud has helped authorities around the world build award-winning Energy from Waste (EfW) facilities. In an interview with European Plastics News, he explains how such systems have moved from the fringe of waste disposal to the cornerstone of the cities of the future
20 July 2010
Former Rexam subsidiary Petainer has announced plans to manufacture recyclable PET vodka bottles for Galatea, one of the largest suppliers to Systembolaget, the Swedish state monopoly alcohol retailer
16 July 2010
Moves by some German discount retailers to replace PET bottles with cans on some of their product lines is prompting fears that PET may lose the leading position it has enjoyed in single-trip beverage packaging since the country’s introduction of its nationwide single-trip beverage package deposit scheme in 2003.
14 July 2010
The Netherlands-based lactides specialist Purac has joined a research team that hopes to produce lactide feedstocks from paper and pulp industry waste.
12 July 2010
Renault is the latest to show an electric car designed to appeal to the driver with sporty - as well as environmentally-friendly - intentions. Its striking DeZir two-seater electric concept features a Kevlar reinforced body to keep weight down to just 830kg.
5 July 2010
Bayer MaterialScience will build a pilot "Dream Production" plant at Leverkusen within the three year project to explore production of plastics from CO2 captured from power station flue gas.
10 June 2010
A study by the US-based Sustainable Packaging Coalition finds composters want better labelling to address contamination issues and to reduce “green-washing” claims.
10 June 2010
The European Plastics Recyclers association says "leakage" of collected PET bottles to the Far East is a key obstacle in further development of Europe's recycling industry.
27 May 2010
Procter & Gamble launched its sustainability scorecard this week, which it will roll out to 300 key suppliers in its first phase over the next 12 months. The company hopes the programme will be come an industry standard.
14 May 2010
Spanish hotel group NH Hoteles is set to use oxo-degradable additives in plastic products after striking a deal with Symphony
7 May 2010
New and innovative products were a strong focus of this year's Ambiente consumer goods fair in Frankfurt. European Plastics News looks at some award winning design items, made with both conventional and more sustainable plastics materials
7 May 2010
This year’s winners of the long-running DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation will be announced at the DuPont Packaging Exchange, a virtual event held 25 May from 10 to 11am online
4 May 2010
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