BASF’s Basotect melamine foam is in use for insulating the Gobi line of solar flat plate collectors by Heliodyne, Richmond, California, one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of solar collectors in the US. The Gobi line is Heliodyne’s flagship product that has continuously been refined and optimized for over 30 years.
Plastics industry leaders from across the world met this week in Dubai to create a global action plan for solutions on marine litter.
A Green Paper resulting from a broad stakeholder consultation on the topic of Packaging and Sustainability has been published by EUROPEN.
Plastic packaging is not only practical, efficient, inexpensive and safe, but replacing it by alternative material would have a severe negative impact for the economy and the environment – informas PlasticsEurope.
Plastics supports to achieve EU targets.
The wind energy market is experiencing rapid growth worldwide and has doubled in size every 3 years for the past 30 years. It is expected to have generated 331 TWh in 2010 alone, amounting to 1.6% of global energy consumption.
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced today that it will accelerate energy efficiency and conservation improvements within its operations through an investment of $100 million in projects that will reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The European Plastics Converters Association (EuPC) has signed a co-operation agreement with the inventor of a new trawling net to help retrieve plastics Marine litter. This is part of EuPC’s programme to address an escalating issue which in recent years has secured prime time television coverage and extensive articles in the popular press.
Bayer says it has begun production at a new plant, designed to produce plastics by using carbon dioxide (CO2) from the energy sector.
Accomplishing the "Four Rs" can be a challenge. Taking part in the current trend of waste minimization and energy conservation requires life-style changes and dedication.
According to United Nations estimates, over 9 billion people will be living on Earth by the year 2050. The amount of arable land needed to feed them, however, will not increase at the same rate. Inexpensive greenhouses made from plastic film represent one way to solve this problem: With the aid of such greenhouses, the output per hectare can be increased considerably.
Bayer is building a pilot plant for the kilogram-scale production of polyether polycarbonate polyols (PPPs) from the major greenhouse gas CO2 and propylene oxide. PPPs can be further processed to produce polyurethane.
