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News Release from: Faraday Plastics
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Team on 05 May 2003
Conference looks at clean, green
polymers
Faraday Plastics, the Government-sponsored body for UK plastics R and D, is holding its first international conference on the issue of "Clean, green polymers".
Faraday Plastics, the Government-sponsored body for UK plastics R and D, is holding its first international conference on the issue of "Clean, green polymers" The event will take place in Cologne, Germany on 11th-12th June 2003, and will feature a plethora of new polymers, environmental science and up-to-the-minute briefings on clean manufacturing, low-energy manufacturing, polyolefin solutions, and recycling and new biodegradable products from synthetic and natural sources
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We are hoping", says Faraday Plastics Director, Richard Simpson, "that this event will give the polymer sector a much needed renewal of confidence in its environmental credentials and abilities.
There is every reason to include plastics in a bright ecological future.
This conference will show why and how".
The recent work of Faraday Plastics has been drawing praise from Lord Sainsbury at the British Plastics Federation's conference, held earlier this month.
The Government Minister for Science said: "I am pleased that the Plastics Faraday has already helped add some coherence to the disparate and fragmented activities that are taking place in this sector.
It has helped facilitate better collaboration between different universities".
Sainsbury added that Faraday Plastics: "has helped stimulate new products and processes, new patents, and new start-up companies.
It cannot, however, fulfil all its ambitions unless industry itself is fully engaged.
I urge all of you to become involved in it and to make use of its resources for your business".
Faraday Plastics intends the "Clean, green polymers" conference to give the plastics sector some clarity and leadership on the new directions for environmental plastics.
Contributing companies include Borealis, ECVM, Atofina, JET, The Natural Step, Solvay, BRE, Warwick Manufacturing Group, EFRA, PVAXX, Add-X Biotech, as well as a number of universities and institutes.
Simpson urges companies in the industry to support the event and take their own development work forward.
"Clean green is a timely opportunity for the industry to move forward once more with its environmental issues and develop its products to match".
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