Environment 
The British Plastics Federation (BPF) will be responding to the second stage of Defra and the Welsh Assembly's Transposition of the Revised Waste Framework Directive consultation is keen to incorporate the views of its members in its submission.
23 July 2010
Exatec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sabic, and Ulvac, a specialist in mass-production vacuum technologies, are collaborating to develop cost-effective, high-volume production of plasma-coated Lexan polycarbonate (PC) resin for vehicle windows.
22 July 2010
Dow is set to run a one-day pilot test to determine if plastic waste can be used as fuel in its operations. The trial will take place before the end of the month at Dow’s headquarters in Midland, Mich.
22 July 2010
Axion Polymers claims to be the first polymer producer in the UK and Europe to offer a product certified with the Carbon Trust’s Carbon Reduction Label.
21 July 2010
Wrap (Waste and Resources Action Programme) has launched a mixed plastics loan fund (MPLF) worth £2m to boost UK reprocessing of plastics waste such as yoghurt pots, margarine tubs and rigid plastic food trays.
20 July 2010
Politicians from around the world interested in averting climate change visited the food-grade plastic recycler Closed Loop Recycling in Dagenham, East London, to see how the facility is helping offset global warming.
16 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
Less than a year on from a fire that devastated AWS Eco Plastics' plastic bottle sorting facility in Hemswell, the company has announced the results of a detailed carbon study that has been carried out during the past six months on its facility.
14 July 2010
Solar Impulse, the solar powered aircraft sponsored by Solvay and built using Bayer MaterialScience carbon nanotube technology, has completed a 26-hour test flight through the night.
9 July 2010
The futuristic design of the Egypt pavilion now open at the World Expo 2010, Shanghai, was created by the renowned modern architect Zaha Hadid, incorporating advanced resin and gelcoat from Scott Bader.
7 July 2010
Reversing a 37-29 no vote taken just three days earlier, the state Assembly voted 41-31 on July 1 to approve a ban on BPA.
7 July 2010
UK-based plastics companies are contributing to the sustainability effort across the sites playing host to the London 2012 Olympics. The BPF says its members are playing a vital role during construction.
7 July 2010
In 2009, 5,031 tonnes of expanded polystyrene (EPS) packaging were recycled in the UK, the EPS Group of the British Plastics Federation has reported. This total represents approximately 33% of the EPS packaging manufactured in the UK.
6 July 2010
The use of nanotechnology in packaging can help the UK reduce the huge amount of food it wastes, a seminar in London was told on Tuesday.
30 June 2010
Electrolux has launched its “Vac from the sea” initiative to get plastic waste out of the world’s oceans and into home appliances made of recycled plastic.
30 June 2010
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