SuperCleanQ project
EC funding for research to develop processes and quality procedures for the valorisation of recycled plastics for food contact applications.
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Bioplastics from slaughterhouses
European scientists are working on the possibilities of obtaining bioplastics from animal waste. In the near future material can be obtained from unusual sources, namely, waste from slaughterhouses. European researchers are developing new technologies of production of biodegradable plastics from the waste of animal origin, without the use of fossil fuels.
First international joint research unit in China dedicated to eco-friendly chemistry
The French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Rhodia, the Ecole Normale Superieure of Lyon and the East China Normal University officially opened the Laboratory of Eco-efficient Products and Processes, an international joint research unit devoted to eco-friendly chemistry based in Shanghai (China).
Scientific Dossier published on oxo-biodegradable plastic
In March 2010 the UK Dept of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) published a report written by researchers at Loughborough University with no expertise in oxo-biodegradable (“OBD”) plastic technology.
TPE on the trail of crack in concrete buildings
TPE and its role to detect crack in concrete buidlings is the subject of the work of researchers at the American Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and German University of Potsdam.
BASF intensifies R&D of innovative products for electromobility
Batteries are the key technology for the electromobility of the future. Over the next five years, BASF will be investing a three-digit million euro sum in researching, developing and the production of battery materials.
New study about oxo-biodegradable bags
Oxo-biodegradable bags are better option than compostable bags and cardboard boxes
First biodegradable antimicrobial polymer nanoparticles
Researchers from IBM and the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology discovered a nanomedicine breakthrough in which new types of polymers were shown to physically detect and destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria and infectious diseases like Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA.
New types of environmentally sustainable plastics
Usually, plastic bottles, PETs are recycled by mechanical technologies, and they get several other uses afterwards: carpets, sweaters, etc. But now things are about to change.
Arkema, INES to collaborate on PV polymer materials research
Arkema and INES set up the first joint research laboratory dedicated to polymers for photovoltaics.
British-Israeli researchers to improve biodegradable plastic
Scientists from Bath and Tel Aviv Universities are collaborating on a project to improve the physical properties of plant-derived plastics.
Zero-waste powder coating process lands CSIRO scientist state honours
CSIRO scientist Wojciech Gutowski has won top honours in the 2010 Victoria Prize Awards handed out by the Victorian state government.
