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Design and Icons
Plastic objects, whether they are recent or firmly-established cult objects, have revolutionised the world of design, changed habits and left their mark on our daily lives for several generations
The A7L space suit: The most famous space suit of all time
It was the space suit used to take Man’s first steps on the moon, without which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin would never have appeared in our history books. Although it is beginning to suffer the ra...
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Features and Interviews
Innovative, smart, surprising but often overlooked…plastics have not finished surprising you!
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Daily life 8 min
Packaging in search of greater virtue
Although often singled out, plastic packaging is often more virtuous than we might think. Faced with the climate challenge, they are reinventing themselves. Here is an overview of the innovations alre...
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Expert views 4 min
The "Reduce, reuse, recycle" principles guides us from the drawing board phase
An interview with Stefanie Gunz, Head of Marketing at German company Geka, one of the world leaders in plastic cosmetic packaging....
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Daily life 5 min
Architecture: polymers in the limelight
Although plastics have long been used in the building industry, they were initially used mainly for their functional properties. Little by little, architects have taken a different look at them and be...
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Expert views 5 min
Ferrari: “The diversity of polymers and our sense of innovation are the keys to our success”
An interview with Françoise Fournier, tensile architecture market manager at Serge Ferrari, one of the world leaders in flexible composite materials....
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Expert views 4 min
Ghana, when the circular economy benefits women
An interview with Dana Mosora, co-founder of the Asase Foundation in Ghana. Asase, through the "closing the loop" project, encourages women to create social enterprises for recycling plastic waste....
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Planet 7 min
Marine litter: fishing for solutions
On the upside, plastics bring many innovations in terms of technical performance, comfort and environmental benefits, most of which are largely unknown. On the flip side, too much plastic is discarded...
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Expert views 3 min
Polymers in search of the magic filter
An interview with Kumar Varoon Agrawal, tenure-track Assistant Professor at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Head of the Laboratory of Advanced Separations (LAS)....
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Planet 5 min
Global warming: plastics cool things down
Tackling global warming is the challenge that humanity must take on as soon as possible to prevent the problem from getting out of hand. It is no longer time for debate; it is time for action. Fortuna...
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Planet 4 min
Green energy powered by polymers
Last July, the European Commission proposed raising the renewable energy target to 40% by 2030. It called for the further development of green energy sources such as wind, water and solar power. Many ...