Daily life
Plastics that kill bacteria
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Daily life 3 min
School time with plastics
Plastics have found in school supplies, and particularly, in writing instruments, a permanent outlet for which the diversity and technical performance of polymers are more important than the quantitie...
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Daily life 4 min
A miraculous catch with plastics!
The recent popularity of recreational fishing has brought with it a thorough overhaul of equipment in which plastics are widely used....
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Daily life 4 min
Plastics at the heart of the networks
For more than fifty years, plastic materials have provided exemplary support for the extension and replacement of drinking water distribution networks....
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Daily life 5 min
A fiery temper for polymers
It is commonly believed that plastics and high temperatures do not go well together! These beliefs are often misleading and unfair to the material: in fact, some polymers love the heat, to the delight...
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Daily life 3 min
Polymers take centre stage
Champions of design and mobility, plastics bend to all the whims of event organisers aiming to captivate an increasingly demanding public....
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Daily life 5 min
Polymers help pets and other creatures
The animal cause has been heard, as evidenced by the many countries who have integrated it into their legislative arsenal. Animal welfare is almost second nature to plastics, so much so that they even...
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Daily life 4 min
Plastics: from floor to ceiling
Praised for their durability and ease of maintenance, vinyl coverings have long been confined to public spaces. As their design and quality have evolved, they have ended up in much more prestigious sp...
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Daily life 4 min
Breaking through barriers of the impossible
Is disability the end of everything? No, and some even use it as a pretext to go further by trying out new, usually sportive, disciplines commonly reserved for able-bodied people....
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Daily life 4 min
Single use plastic products : more useful than futile!
Plastics drive the success of single use products thanks to their high technical performance and low manufacturing costs. The trend has however been decried, except for professional uses where safety ...