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Enzymes from bacteria and fungi break down plastic
Phys.org
Every year, the world produces 380 million tons of plastic. A lot of it ends up in nature and stays there for a long time. It can take 450 years to break down a plastic bottle.
"Plastic is a synthetic material that is challenging to break down," says Gaston Courtade, an associate professor at NTNU's Department of Biotechnology and Food Science.
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Medical grade plastics: types of plastics used in medical devices
Medical Plastics News
Medical grade plastics are applicable in making medical products such as MRI casings, plastic syringes and prosthetics. These plastics are suitable for making medical devices due to biocompatibility, especially for medical components that come in contact with the human circulation system. They are also malleable, hard, precise and compatible with injection molding and 3D printing processes.
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There's much more to micro molding than part size
Plastics Today
Simply buying a grand piano won’t automatically make you a concert pianist. The same is true when it comes to buying an injection molding machine with micro-molding capabilities. In and of itself, that won’t make you an expert micro molder. It’s important to keep this in mind as molding machine manufacturers respond to increased interest in micro-molding among part designers and manufacturers by offering machines with advanced micro-molding capabilities.
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At Virginia Tech, research is turning food scraps to bioplastic
Roanoke
Breakthroughs in bioplastics could help break down two of the world’s most pressing problems at once, says a Virginia Tech professor researching to improve production of food-based, cost-effective, decomposable plastic.
At Virginia Tech, Zhiwu ‘Drew’ Wang is director of the Center for Applied Water Research and Innovation, and assistant professor for the Department of Biological Systems Engineering.
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Using fungi, researchers convert ocean plastic into ingredients for drug industry
The University of Kansas
Research on fungi underway at the University of Kansas has helped transform tough-to-recycle plastic waste from the Pacific Ocean into key components for making pharmaceuticals. The chemical–biological approach for converting polyethylene uses an everyday soil fungus called Aspergillus nidulans that has been genetically altered.
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Scientists transform plastic waste into a valuable soil additive
SciTechDaily
University of California, Riverside, scientists have moved a step closer to finding a use for the hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste produced every year that often winds up clogging streams and rivers and polluting our oceans.
In a recent study, Kandis Leslie Abdul-Aziz, a UCR assistant professor of chemical and environmental engineering, and her colleagues detailed a method to convert plastic waste into a highly porous form of charcoal or char that has a whopping surface area of about 400 square meters per gram of mass.
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UK scientists use solar energy to convert plastic and CO2 into sustainable fuels
The National News
Scientists have discovered a way of using solar energy to transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a system that converts two waste streams into two products simultaneously.
It is the first time this has been achieved in a solar-powered reactor.
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Talent talk: Are we seeing the end of the remote work era?
Plastics Today
Last week Disney CEO Bob Iger joined a growing number of business leaders when he said all hybrid workers must be in the office four days a week beginning on March 1. Major employers such as Goldman Sachs, Netflix and Tesla have been outspoken about the need for employees to be in the office, at least most of the time.
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An introduction to bioplastics in medical applications
Medical Plastics News
From medical blisters to body implants, medical plastics are extensively used in the healthcare sector. They have been considered as potential materials for tools and products used in medicine.
The market for medical plastics is expected to be worth nearly $80 billion in 2021 and account for about 2% of the 370,000 tonnes of polymers sold worldwide.
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