Silicone glove coatings flow into the rough surface of a football when it’s caught and create a larger contact area. But because its adhesion per unit of surface area is low, silicone releases its ...

Researchers at Wageningen University & Research have developed a new type of plastic that, according to materials theory, ...

The city of Aspen reiterated this month that, in partnership with Pitkin County, it will continue to recycle soft plastics, which cannot be recycled in a standard recycling bin. Those wishing to ...

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A large-scale soft plastics recycling facility at Taree is processing most of Australia's recycled soft plastics and stockpiled waste from the failed REDcycle scheme. Processed soft plastic is sent to ...

Plastic recycling has fallen short. Only about 9% of all plastic is recycled globally, which sounds pretty bad until you compare it with textiles. Only 0.5% of those are recycled. One of the biggest ...

Did you know that soft plastics cannot be recycled by Waste Management? According to honestandsimple.com, “if you toss soft plastic film in your curbside recycling bin, it could end up gunking up ...

Swee-Hoon Chuah is a Board Member of Brand Tasmania (Department of Premier and Cabinet, Tasmania) and sits on the Academic Advisory Panel of the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government ...

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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has proposed a new industry-led scheme to collect and recycle soft plastic packaging from consumers. The voluntary scheme would be run by the ...

Soft plastic baits are the workhorse lure when it comes to catching largemouth bass. Find out why you should stock up on worms, craws, creature baits, swimbaits, stickbaits and toads in order to ...