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Plastic Matters December 2021 |
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Prime Minister Modi praises this new Plastic upcycling technique by Pradeep Sangwan. By Outlook India Haryanvi youth Pradeep Sangwan's campaign of clearing plastic waste from different areas of the Himalayas on Sunday drew praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His new process upcycles plastic waste into a more valuable adhesive. |
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Plastic waste into XIRC, a good-as-new performance material By Jeff Kart A California company says it’s developed the world’s first thermoplastic polyurethane made from post-consumer polyethylene waste. The stuff has mechanical performance properties comparable to commercial, virgin-grade thermoplastic polyurethane (aka TPUs). |
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Scientists develop method to recycle plastic bottles into aviation fuel. By Admet.net Researchers at Washington State College have developed one method to recycling discarded plastics: turning them again into the petroleum merchandise from which most of them came through the use of a course of referred to as hydrogenolysis. |
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A new process to boost circular materials production. By Callum O’Reilly Repsol, Axens and IFPEN have developed a pioneering and patented process to enhance the chemical recycling of plastic waste and boost circular materials production. |
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Recycled Plastics come to the rescue. By Siri Karine Olsson Cox’s Bazar is one of the largest refugee camp in the world. Refugees here face many challenges, one of which is the fragility of the materials used to build shelters in the camps. Recycled Plastics are now being used to build shelter homes in the form of panel brick, roofs, etc. |
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A solution to help solve India’s waste management crisis By Think Change India Vishwanath Patil’s innovation is a compact device that seamlessly lifts and clears a dustbin that is placed under the ground, without human contact. |
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That’s all for now. Issued in public interest by Indian Centre for Plastics in the Environment,
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