by stefanie | Mar 19, 2018 | Around the Industry
While the UK waste industry has mostly responded positively to Philip Hammond’s plastic tax in the Spring financial statement, there are still calls for “greater recycling of the material”, as letsrecycle reports. In the financial statement, the Chancellor noted that...
by stefanie | Feb 14, 2018 | Around the Industry
According to Recycling Magazine, the EU’s recycling rate for plastics is currently “roughly 31 percent” and further developments are in store. Since 2015, as the magazine reports, “the installed capacity for recycling flexible PE has grown from approximately...
by stefanie | Feb 9, 2018 | Products and Technology
A new pigment allows 3D printed plastic to gain a metallic gloss effect. K Zeitung reported on the “exclusive cooperation between Schlenk, Herz and Gabriel-Chemie” which has made it possible to produce 3D-printed plastic parts with intensive metallic gloss. Pigment...
by stefanie | Jan 26, 2018 | Around the Industry
Michael Gove has told the UK Parliament about the rise in exports of plastic and paper to Malaysia, Turkey, Vietnam and Taiwan. Following China’s well-documented ban on plastic imports, the Secretary of State for the Environment has revealed that exporters in the UK...
by stefanie | Jan 19, 2018 | Around the Industry
Why “a holistic strategy” on the usage of plastics is becoming a must for companies. Robert Spencer of AECOM has penned an opinion piece for BusinessGreen in which he explains the importance for major organisations and businesses of being “proactive” when it comes to...
