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Plastic has become a massive and versatile part of our daily life, improving products, safety, and longevity of many of the things we rely on day to day. We’ve come on leaps and bounds in learning how to efficiently recycle this incredibly resilient material, with the process involving several steps depending on what type of…
1.7 million tonnes of plastic are produced each year in the UK alone and are used on a wide range of products. We have almost become reliant on plastic; however, do you know what is involved in the production and life cycle of these plastics?
When we mention plastic, our minds may go straight to generic objects like plastic bottles and bags; however, there are many other, more interesting things made out of plastic that you may not have realised were created from this material. With technology constantly evolving, using plastic to create a wider range of products has become…
Recycling is one of the most environmentally friendly options we have to dispose of our plastic waste, and you may only think of plastic recycling as a general term, however, there are three different types of plastic recycling processes. The industry is constantly experimenting and growing to find the most efficient ways to recycle plastic,…
Plastics have been used for over 100 years and can be used for many different things. The construction industry is the second highest consumer of plastics, after packaging. The industry uses it for many different things, including seals, windows, doors, pipes, cables, floor coverings and insulation to name a few. The main types of plastic…
Disregarded fishing nets and plastic can pose a considerable threat to ocean wildlife and coral reefs and can do so for many years. Around 640,000 tons of fishing nets are abandoned and discarded every year, this causes many problems, such as ghost fishing. Ghost fishing is when abandoned fishing nets continue fishing and damaging wildlife…
Extrusion is a process where a hot material is pushed through a tool called an extrusion die, a thick, circular steel disk containing one or more openings to create a desired shape and thickness. Extrusion processes are widely used in the construction industry to create useful materials in large quantities. Plastic extrusion is a high-volume…
The world produces around 360 million tonnes of plastic each year, and most of this goes unrecycled. However, this plastic waste could be highly beneficial for many industries and as a building material. Plastics are perfect materials that can be used for a variety of applications; this is because they have many properties, including strength,…
Custom plastic extrusion is the process of shaping materials via the extrusion process, into specific shapes using pre-made moulds. It is used to produce new and existing products in a highly efficient and low waste manner. Below we look at what the benefits of this process are.
Plastic extrusion describes the process of extruding plastics into certain 2D shapes using moulds. Whilst there are many objects that we associate with this process, there are some that don’t appear so obvious like a lot of the gifts exchanged on Valentine’s Day. To find out more about the plastic extrusion process, you…