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Friday, 3rd February 2012

Welsh plastics recycler in administration
Pontllanfraith, Caerphilly-based Plastics Sorting Limited (PSL) entered administration on 1 February. The company claims that its PET reprocessing plant is the largest in the UK. ...more



 
Amazon fungus eats polyurethane
Students on a Yale University rainforest expedition have discovered a fungus with an appetite for polyurethane, offering the potential to solve the intractable problem of PU waste. ...more



P&G reduces plastic in packaging redesign
Procter & Gamble Co. gave the Gillette Fusion ProGlide razor’s packaging a “future friendly” facelift by reducing plastic and incorporating mouldable pulp. ...more



Door opens to natural fibres in PUR
Sonderhoff presented a 40% flax fibre reinforced polyurethane at the FSK plastic foam industry association's symposium, held at Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, Germany, last year. ...more



Dow earnings hurt by Performance Plastics unit
Dow Chemical Co has wrapped up a 2011 financial year in which its company-leading Performance Plastics unit produced mixed results. ...more





Clark's Place
PlastIndia 2012 - Why aren't more UK firms doing business here?
PlastIndia is huge. The opportunities for plastics companies entering the Indian market are seemingly boundless. So why aren't there more UK exhibitors attending the event? ...more






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