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Plastic surgery is your opportunity to ask us a pressing question about the plastics industry. Whether it’s technical, economical, environmental, or simply about challenges and opportunities, what would you like to know?
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Dear doctor, The UK’s Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) system has long been criticised for its lack of transparency and the opportunities for fraudulent issuing of PRNs and Packaging Export Recovery Notes (PERNs). Do you think it’s fit-for-purpose and how are the problems being tackled? Thank you. Yours, Name and company withheld Dear Sir, You’re absolutely right in that the PRN/PERN system has had its controversies in recent years, but conceptually, it...

Can titanium dioxide be used in PLA?

Dear doctor, I would like to know if titanium dioxide (TiO2) could be used in polylactic acid (PLA). We have demonstrated the viability of injection moulded PLA using Husky machines in Argentina and Uruguay, using green masterbatch for still water. Now, we are planning to go into dairy products with a desire to ‘clean up’ the world of PET. Thank you. Yours, Juan Carlos de la Fuente Zuñiga...

Is there room for the PlantBottle?

Dear doctor, I have a question for you about PlantBottle, Coca-Cola’s drop-in bio-PET technology. Coca-Cola opened the intellectual property (IP) and allowed others to use...

Better off paying tax?

Dear doctor, The UK government has announced its intention to introduce a plastic packaging tax from April 2022, which will apply to plastics packaging manufactured...

Reduce, refuse, reuse and recycle

Dear doctor, Right now the pressing curiosity is how we can channel plastics without impacting the environment. How can we optimise it through ‘reduce, refuse,...

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