{"title":"Quantifying plastic diversity to improve recycling","authors":"Rob Meek","doi":"10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70137-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70137-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Rob Meek, CEO of Impact Laboratories looks at how his company has developed methods to better analyse the diversity of additives in polymers, and argues that a focus on the segregation, separation and reprocessing of waste plastics is essential to increase plastic recycling.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101032,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Additives and Compounding","volume":"11 5","pages":"Pages 26-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70137-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73206229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Automotive TPE grade is resistant to copper","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70133-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70133-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101032,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Additives and Compounding","volume":"11 5","pages":"Page 11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70133-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136598150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PET masterbatches reduce O2 and CO2 permeation","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70121-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70121-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101032,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Additives and Compounding","volume":"11 5","pages":"Page 7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70121-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136635978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Slow upturn in TPEs","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70116-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70116-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101032,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Additives and Compounding","volume":"11 5","pages":"Page 5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70116-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136649155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Materials handling equipment for the compounding plant","authors":"Jennifer Markarian","doi":"10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70135-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70135-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In these current difficult times, process efficiency and consequently productivity is as vital in the plastics compounding plant as it is in any other manufacturing environment. Advances in materials handling techniques can play a big part in the compounding operation. Jennifer Markarian explains.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101032,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Additives and Compounding","volume":"11 5","pages":"Pages 18-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70135-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73464008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The curauá challenge: optimizing natural fibres","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70134-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70134-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Curauá fibre is one of many natural fibres suggested as a suitable replacement for less ‘green’ glass and carbon fibre reinforcements – especially in the automotive sector. Scientists from SABIC in Brazil looked at how its use can be optimized with polyamide 6 and polypropylene.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101032,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Additives and Compounding","volume":"11 5","pages":"Pages 12-15, 17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70134-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136580118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Business alliance for BFG and HCA","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70117-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70117-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101032,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Additives and Compounding","volume":"11 5","pages":"Page 5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70117-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136649154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Compounds use renewable sources","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70131-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70131-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101032,"journal":{"name":"Plastics, Additives and Compounding","volume":"11 5","pages":"Page 11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1464-391X(09)70131-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136540395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}