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Polypropylene and polyethylene are two durable and affordable plastics commonly used as packaging materials, snack wrappers, microwave containers and other, usually flexible, plastic films. Their ...

Multilayer plastic materials have found their way into thousands of applications in food and medical packaging. They keep out light, oxygen, and moisture, preventing sterile syringes from fouling and ...

Researchers at Swiss university have developed a solvent-based process to recycle the plastic resin commonly known as Plexiglas. “Our process is extremely simple,” says ETH Zürich researcher Athina ...

Siegwerk, a provider of printing inks for packaging applications and labels, and plastic packaging recycler APK AG say they have completed deinking trials of twofold printed low-density polyethylene ...

The widespread use of carbon fibre-reinforced composites (CFRCs) in the automotive, aerospace and energy industries is driven by the need for lightweight, durable materials. However, the limited ...