Eco plastics

29/04/10

THE SECOND LIFE OF PLASTICS

Recycling and energy recovery: at the end of their lives, plastics are still full of resources provided, proactive policies enable them achieve their full potential, and abandoning them to landfill becomes just a bad memory.
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26/04/10

Zoom on a photovoltaic vineyard

The French vineyard that produces something really surprising! Chanos-Courson could be one of those typically quiet Provence villages where the only excitement for the few tourists staying in the gites might be watching the cultivation of wine, apricots and nuts. But visitors might be intrigued to know what else happens here!
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25/11/09

European Sustainable Consumption Production Policies

One of the key objectives of the EU is to integrate environmental sustainability with economic growth and welfare. But the consequences of climate change and the growing demand for energy and resources challenge this objective.
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27/10/09

Better Health from Clear Water

Ray Hammond, author of The World In 2030, had concluded his study warning us that one of the main challenges the Earth would have to face would be the lack of drinking water. The plastics industry had sponsored this study in order to know in what direction its research would best be directed. The portable Lifestraw® Family water purification system, manufactured by the Swiss company Vestergaard Frandsen, thanks to a plastic resin from BASF is the result of one of these research studies.
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24/09/09

SOLAR IMPULSE: FLYING TO THE FUTURE

Since the first oil shock of 1973, inhabitants of the blue planet have become aware of their addiction to fossil fuels and they have been consistently seeking the means to kick the habit. To date, the avenues explored have led to scarse successes, and early enthusiasm has given way to a dull resignation. Except for a few visionary individuals who have made a foolish bet. And who are about to win.
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01/07/09

Zero Energy Buildings: Opportunity for Plastics

Starting in 2019 all new buildings constructed in the EU will have to produce on-site more renewable energy on-site than they consume. This is the result of a revision by the European Parliament of the directive dealing with buildings’ energy performance.
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02/06/09

Sustainability through Plastics

The plastics industry makes a major contribution to the achievement of a sustainable development strategy in manufacture, in use and in resource minimisation of plastics as well as at the end of their life.
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01/06/09

Blue Earth to fight prejudices

Samsung’s youngest baby is a cell phone called Blue Earth, in order to make us aware that our blue planet is not inexhaustible. It is the first full-touch-screen cell phone to run on solar power ever and this, plus its body being constituted of recycled plastics, makes it the most environment friendly device on the market.
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