Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have won five awards granted by R&D Magazine for their efforts in developing breakthrough technologies with commercial potential, inter alia for plastic scintillators for neutron and gamma ray detection.
Sealed Air Corporation and Ecovative Design LLC completed an agreement to accelerate the production, sales and distribution of Ecovative’s EcoCradle Mushroom Packaging, a new technology for environmentally responsible packaging materials made from agricultural byproducts and mycelium, or “mushroom roots”.
A New England based product development company has created an environmentally friendly antimicrobial tray table cover for personal use on airplanes, trains and buses made from 100% non-BPA PET recycled plastic bottles.
Artenius, the PET & Recycling Division of LSB, has developed a new PET packaging material: Artenius FastFlow+. This new resin has been designed and developed based on Artenius’ well-established and acknowledged experience in resin formulation.
Rhodia Engineering Plastics, a member of the Solvay group, launched few days ago Evolite by Technyl which has been recently endorsed through partnerships and co-innovation projects to develop automotive and marine applications.
A new method for creating nanofibers made of proteins, developed by researchers at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), promises to greatly improve drug delivery methods for the treatment of cancers, heart disorders and Alzheimer's disease, as well as aid in the regeneration of human tissue, bone and cartilage.
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A Bayer project for using the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide as a component for plastics is among Germany’s most promising ideas for the future.
Polyflow LLC, an Akron Ohio based advanced energy producer has been named a finalist by the regional economic development organization NorTech for a 2012 Innovation Award.
MarketResearch.com estimates that the request for eco-packaging will grow 6%/year till 2015 and companies, to meet this request, will have to reconsider their own packaging and their own productive system in the light of eco-sustainability. Collaboration P.E.T. Engineering with NOVAPET and SIDE has led to the creation of the lightest 5l container in the world.
REPREVE® is Ford’s plan for a cleaner environment. About 2 million post-consumer plastic bottles are planned to be used as the seat fabric in the new Focus Electric and other new vehicles for the next model year.
Plastic bottles have found a new use in the west African country of Nigeria. In the village of Yelwa, north-western Nigeria, a project is underway that will see 25 houses built from recycled plastic bottles filled with dry soil or construction waste.
