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Used syringes, hitherto for landfills, can now be repurposed and combined with other substances to create cement and other building material.

Paper money in Canada, now made from cotton based paper will be replaced by a tough polymer as of next year.

Over 13 million plastic bottles will be recycled into shirts to be worn by the world’s top football teams at the next World Cup

The plastics industry added its voice to those discussing climate change in Copenhagen in December, unveiling the preliminary conclusions of the most definitive study to date on the environmental impact of plastics and its applications.

Basell sponsor of educational online plastics game on prestigious Nobel Prize website...

Retailer says decision to trial lightweight PET driven by environmental factors.

Art museum offers a unique experience to plastic art lovers...

The world will face some serious challenges in the coming decades: greenhouse gases and their consequences, a rapidly growing population, and an increasingly tight supply-demand balance for fossil fuels...

In just 20 years, 220 million people have been lifted out of poverty in China because of globalisation. If pursued ethically, globalisation offers the world the greatest opportunity for peace and economic growth...

By 2030, advances in medical science will mean a move from curing disease to preventing disease and extending life-spans. Children born then could have life expectancies stretching to 130 years...

By 2030 it is estimated that the world’s population will exceed 8.3 billion people (1.5 billion more than today). Plastics will play a key role in providing food, water and energy for the growing numbers...

Plastics have come a long way in the last 20 years, and the prediction is that our quality of life will improve dramatically thanks to more sophisticated plastic products and technologies...

Oil will be in short supply by 2030. How will we replace this energy source? Wind power, biomass, solar power, hydro power, wave power must be pursued rigorously...

According to Futurologist Ray Hammond, the effects of climate change will wreak havoc as the weather becomes more extreme. Are we prepared for artic-style winters and monsoon summers in Western Europe?

Do you prefer your coffee from a plastic cup or from your own porcelain mug? Which do you think is better for the environment?

PlasticsEurope welcomes the new Waste Framework Directive, which will enhance resource-efficiency, reduce landfill and harness waste plastics as a resource.

New study shows that Europe needs to stop landfilling waste to cut greenhouse gas emissions…

Sports without plastics are no longer possible, performance without plastics is unimaginable, indeed plastics ARE Olympic!

The Transition Roadable Aircraft launching July 2011 can be driven on roads and transformed into a plane in 30 seconds!

It took one day to install the 27 metres long plastics bridge. This wonder of technology comes in one piece with no nails or screws!

A German supplier has recently developed an exhaust system that uses plastics to increase engine performance and make the car more efficient...

EcoARK, the three-storeyed 130 metre long deconstructable, repurposable building is made of plastic bottles and can withstand large earthquakes and typhoons.

PlasticsEurope have just completed a fun three minute video explaining the resource efficiency of plastics, in easy to understand terms.

Latest business developments in plastics manufacturing, processing and machinery building.

Why not, thanks to the synthetic ‘skating ice’ developed by a Swedish thermoplastic compound producer.

How reliant are we on plastics and what would happen if this much used, and often much accused material simply vanished? How far backwards would civilisation fall?

Microscopic plastic antibodies that mimic natural antibodies could fight everything from viral infections to allergens in the bloodstream.

Dr. Ernesto Engel, director of the Swiss Plastics Association, speaks out on WRS World Radio against plastics bags ban motion.

A new range of environmentally friendly mobile phones made from recycled water bottles and CD casings have recently been unveiled...

The plastics industry has launched a campaign in the UK to challenge itself, consumers and government to step up resource efficiency and stop sending plastic materials to landfill...

Despite the crisis, the sports and outdoor branch is still growing, says the German “Forum PET” in a recent press release....

This statement is not only a well-established fact, but is also the title of the new easy-to-read brochure on plastics waste management PlasticsEurope has very recently published...

New research develops smart, solid plastics which respond to their environment. And change colour under mechanical stress…

Swiss company installs artificial turf at The Hans Walter Wild Stadium of regional German soccer team Spielvereinigung Bayreuth...