Plastic overshoot day report 2024
Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day
Plastics
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That's electronics for you
Plastic electronics is by now fairly common; polymer-based transis-tors and fabricated polymer light emitting diodes (LEDs). But now researchers in the US and the UK have reported integrating the two
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Shape of things to come
A novel method to convert plastic bags into new shapes could help minimise their adverse effects on our environment
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Vicious cycle
The Union government dilly dallies on an expert committee recommendation to ban recycled plastic bags
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Plastic on wheels
Last October, Chrysler Corpo ration, usa, unveiled its first Composite Concept Vehicle (CCV), the first automobile with a body made from injection moulded plastic derived from recycled plastic
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Good plastic
india could soon produce bio-degradable plastic for mass consumption. Following a two-year research, scientists from various government institutes have been able to develop the plastic. This
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Shapeshifters
Metallic alloys and polymers that can change their shapes at will... that s the future
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Analysis of potentially toxic phthalate plasticizers used in toy manufacturing
A plasticizer is a substance normally incorporated to a PVC resin or some other materials such as paints, to improve some of its properties as flexibility or processability. Phthalates, adipates, phosphates and some others are the main compounds used as plasticizers. Some of these compounds, as bis-(2-ethylhexyl)
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Damnable indispensability
Disposal of plastics is difficult. This drawback weighs heavy against the numerous advantages of the material
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Determination of Bisphenol-A in reusable polycarbonate food-contact plastics and migration to food-simulating liquids
Bisphenol-A (BPA) is a principal reactant in the preparation of polycarbonate (PC) plastics and has been shown in in vitro cell proliferation studies to exhibit estrogen-like characteristics. Reusable
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Alternative to plastics
Flax, wood and cotton could soon replace plastics