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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing
OCTOBER 22, 2024
The Sustainable Materials Revolution by the Numbers 40% reduction in carbon emissions by using bio-based and recycled materials in key sectors like packaging and construction. 30 countries have passed single-use plastic bans, accelerating demand for eco-friendly manufacturing. Here are some key shifts: Did You Know?
Robotics Business Review
MAY 12, 2024
When old food packaging, discarded children’s toys and other mismanaged plastic waste break down into microplastics, they become even harder to clean up from oceans and waterways. These tiny bits of plastic also attract bacteria, including those that cause disease. Researchers are turning to microrobots for help.
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Plastics News
AUGUST 31, 2023
Plastics recycling 101 The community where I live, Van Buren Township, Mich., I pay close attention to these things, since I've been writing about plastics recycling a long time. The lid says that WM accepts "plastic bottles, jugs and jars." Turn over the container and look for a number," I was told. per year for service.
Design World
AUGUST 1, 2022
Before disc couplings were invented, flexible couplings nearly always included gear teeth that required periodic lubrication, or rubber and plastic parts that degraded over time and required replacement. Maintenance-free and torsionally stiff connecting elements for smooth stable running.
Fastener News Desk
JANUARY 5, 2025
News provided by Institute for Supply Management Jan 03, 2025, 10:00 ET New Orders Growing and Backlogs Contracting; Production Growing and Employment Contracting; Supplier Deliveries Slowing; Raw Materials Inventories Contracting; Customers’ Inventories Too Low; Prices Increasing; Exports Unchanged and Imports Contracting TEMPE, Ariz. ,
E&T
MARCH 10, 2023
Last year, Willis came across the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), and the organisation seemed “very worthy. We would love to see plastic waste ended,” he says. Founded in 2019 in Colorado by 28 businesses, the AEPW’s mission is to “provide solutions to end plastic waste and protect the planet”. After all, who wouldn’t?
E&T
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Veteran crime scene investigator Becci Henderson is carrying out the study as part of her PhD at the University of Portsmouth in a bid to reduce the amount of plastic waste used by police when cordoning off and investigating serious crimes. We often can’t recycle or reuse the plastic, so we need to look at reducing it at source.
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