via Insider
Dave Hakkens of the Netherlands has designed a mini recycling plant. He posts how-to videos on his YouTube page that explain how to build each machine.
Blueprints and videos are free to the public.
More information here: http://www.thisisinsider.com/precious-plastic-machines-will-change-how-we-recycle-2016-4
via MIT NEWS
MIT undergraduate students have found that, by exposing plastic flakes to small, harmless doses of gamma radiation, then pulverizing the flakes into a fine powder, they can mix the plastic with cement paste to produce concrete that is up to 20 percent stronger than conventional concrete.
Read the full story here: http://news.mit.edu/2017/fortify-concrete-adding-recycled-plastic-1025
via eweek.com
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via Plastics News
Troy, Mich. — Mobility always has been at the core of the automotive industry, and now it’s also about to rock that same core.
Autonomous vehicles are on the horizon. And even if that horizon is distant, the industry is preparing to design a new world where millions of people would gain access to the road if the technology can be brought to the mainstream.
Read the full story here: http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20170724/NEWS/170729954/autonomous-technology-driving-vehicle-design#tagID_17
via Newsweek
The total is approximately 25,000 times the weight of the Empire State Building
Read the full story here: http://www.newsweek.com/plastic-production-pollution-9-billion-tons-recycling-639226
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Makroblend UT-250
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