Sustainability

UBQ Materials Ltd. takes common household garbage, screens and processes it, and turns it into cost-competitive thermoplastic materials that can be processed into valuable products.

Innovative Roadway Pavements can fulfill multiple functions, including pavement condition monitoring, snow-melting, urban heat island effect (UHI) reduction, and self-healing.

NetImpact, Hillenbrand and Coca-Cola partnered to organize a Circular Plastics Challenge designed to boost the supply of recycled PET (rPET). At NPE they named the winner as a team from Boise State University in Idaho, whose Strong Bottle concept proposes a bottle design that will not crush so flat in recycling facilities, enabling more PET resin to be reclaimed.

INTIMITI Australia CELYS biodegradable fiber offers a groundbreaking and eco-friendly alternative to traditional problematic polyester in the fashion industry.

Extrusion troubleshooting draws the interconnection between the pillars of materials engineering, processing technology, and product development, bridging the gap between theory and praxis.

TOMRA’s sorting machines can now accurately distinguish between food-grade and non-food-grade plastics, overcoming a long-standing challenge in the industry.

Microencapsulated flame retardants (MFRs) revolutionize the landscape of fire protection for polymer materials. They leverage encapsulation technology to enhance performance while addressing environmental and safety concerns. 

Self-healing polymers can revolutionize the packaging industry by significantly enhancing product durability, safety, and reliability.

Sustainability management is a continuing process that must become an integral part of the business operations. Sustainability management is not a single act but a process. 

The difficulty in handling solar panel waste lies in managing the large amount of waste, retrieving valuable materials, and controlling toxic substances.

Extrusion has contributed to a 5.5% increase in the construction sector’s growth, underscoring the importance of addressing its troubleshooting factors.

Research explores the environmental impacts of transforming multilayer metalized plastic packaging (MLP), commonly used in consumer goods, into paving blocks (PVBs).