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Apr 6, 2009 | Article
By Jennifer Markarian
The terms "biodegradable" and "compostable" are defined in official EN, ASTM, and ISO testing standards, but they are not necessarily well understood by the public or even by the plastics industry...
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Mar 30, 2009 | Article
'Bioplastics' is an industry-accepted term, although its definition is not always clear. There is a Bioplastics Magazine, a "Green and Bio-Plastics" channel on Omnexus, and many bioplastics...
Apr 1, 2009 | Article
This first Community Insight details how the SpecialChem4Polymers global community behaved with one of the trendy topics among the polymer fillers market: Natural Fibers...
Mar 24, 2009 | Article
Biopolymers derived from renewable biomass sources ensure the conservation of fossil resources, the utilisation of renewable vegetal resources with its geopolitics involvements, the consumption of...
Oct 17, 2008 | Article
Natural fibres were the first fibres used for thermosetting resin reinforcement but slowly they fell into disuse for performance and environmental problems principally due to low mechanical...
Jul 11, 2008 | Article
Up-to-date trends in polymer industry include the respect of environment, ecology requirements and economy of resources and energy. The manufacture, use and disposal of polymers build a complex...
Apr 8, 2008 | Article
Additives, oxo-biodegradable, polyolefin, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, compostable, biodegradable, antioxidant, biodegradation study, packaging, shopping bags, refuse sacks, film...
Jan 24, 2008 | Article
Because our planet is a semi-isolated system, human activity must obey numerous requirements: 1. Ore, fossil fuels, atmosphere and other physical resources have a defined potential without inlet...
Jan 12, 2001 | Article
Fillers, which were once added to compounds to increase bulk and reduce cost, have to work a lot harder nowadays. They are increasingly called upon to provide other value-added functions, such as...
Thursday Feb 1, 2024
By Luis Roca
Get step-by-step methodology to upgrade your bioplastics performance (impact strength, thermal resistance, stiffness…) & successfully adapt to targeted market applications or new regulations. Luis...