With engineering and manufacturing at its heart, since its very beginnings in the 1970s, the plastic reprocessing industry has always been known as a male-dominated industry. However, the gender tide is turning, particularly at the West Yorkshire recycling firm, Bright Green…

Bright Green Plastics, the Yorkshire-based plastic recycling firm that reprocesses over 40,000 tonnes of used plastic each year, has developed a new, heavy-duty recycled polymer formula for household wheelie bins. The two wheeled plastic rubbish bins, as supplied by local…

Accelerate Your Design Process with Altair Revolutionary Composite Modelling Workflow : Free to Attend Webinar: 26th November – 2 pm – 3 pm GMT Modelling composite laminate materials represent a complex challenge for Engineers building accurate FE models, making it vital that…

Taiwan’s Smart Plastic & Rubber Machinery Shapes New PLASbility in Efficient Green Production : As international crude oil prices fluctuate and environmental awareness rises, recycling rates of plastic waste have become the most important issue in the future of the…

Bright Green Plastics Creates Next Generation of Engineers : The Yorkshire-based plastic reprocessing firm, which employs 104 people at its Castleford site and recycles over 40,000 tonnes of household and commercial waste into reusable material each year, has taken on…

Plastic Components Manufacturer Secures Financing Agreement : Carclo, the listed plastic components manufacturer, has agreed with its main secured creditors – HSBC and the pension scheme, a revised funding arrangement. The Ossett-based company has entered into new facilities with HSBC,…

Aerospace-Grade Composites Made Without Ovens or Autoclaves : MIT engineers have developed a method using carbon nanotube film to produce aerospace-grade composites without vast ovens and autoclaves. The technique may help to speed up the manufacturing of airplanes and other…

iZettle, a member of the PayPal family, has launched the Ocean Reader, the world’s first card reader made from recycled ocean plastic. 75% of the Ocean Reader is made using fishing nets and ropes collected from the North and Baltic…

Look past the media hype around bioplastics and it’s difficult to know where to really start. What is a bioplastic? What is biodegradability? Are bioplastics ready for the mainstream? These may seem like innocuous questions, but the reality is not…