Berlin (ots) - Up to 10 percent compostable plastics mixing with conventional plastics in post-consumer recycling streams show no or negligible impact on the mechanical performance of the recyclates. This is the key finding of a meta-study published by European Bioplastics. Bioplastics are biobased, compostable, or both. Biobased plastics films are chemically identical ...
Berlin (ots) - European Bioplastics publishes its latest position paper on shopping bags, ahead of the forthcoming European Commission proposal on single use plastic bags announced today by Commissioner Janez Potocnik. The association recognises that an overall reduction in the consumption of plastic shopping bags will play an important role in increasing resource ...
Ilsfeld-Auenstein (ots) - With the visionary sentence "There´s a lot to do - let´s plant it" Dr. Franz Alt pointed out during his laudation of the award ceremony regarding the Diesel medal 2011 for the two TECNARO founders for their contribution regarding sustainability with renewable resources. This appeal could ...
Berlin (ots) - An above-average positive development in bioplastics production capacity has made past projections obsolete. The market of around 1.2 million tonnes in 2011 will see a fivefold increase in production volumes by 2016 - to an anticipated almost 6 million tonnes. This is the result of the current market ...
Garbsen/Hannover/Ludwigshafen (ots) - Laser manufacturer LPKF AG and the plastic producer BASF AG signed a know-how and licence agreement covering the LDS method for the production of 3D electronic circuits (3D-MID). This agreement makes new materials (PA, POM, PES and PSU) available worldwide for the LPKF LDS method. The high performance technical plastics made by BASF AG are already used for the production of ...
