Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) recently announced a study on recycling behaviour and habits and it caught my interest, and led to some thinking about recycling.
This month, PMMDA Chairman, Nigel Flowers, writes exclusively for BP&R on the latest figures published on the economy and why the UK plastics industry has reason to be optimistic about the future.
This month, in the second installment of our new materials technical blog, polymer expert, Dr Charlie Geddes, considers the heat resistance of thermoplastics.
This month’s update from Philip Law looks at what the latest figures from PlasticsEurope and VinylPlus mean for the industry as well as how certain BPF members got their hands dirty in the name of clearing up Britain's beaches!
We’ve all heard about the skills shortage, with reports suggesting that although the number of job vacancies is set to rise, there is a lack of candidates with the sufficient skills for the job.
I arrived at the EPPM and BP&R offices on Tuesday feeling rather refreshed after a long bank holiday weekend. However, I’d joined the team during EPPM’s production week and therefore was ‘thrown in at the deep end’ so to speak. I knew nothing about p
A recent report published by the EEF, the Manufacturer’s Organisation, revealed that manufacturing companies in the FTSE 100 have a higher than average number of women on their boards than the index overall.
Have you ever wondered about the term ‘Engineering Thermoplastic’? Today it is conveniently applied to certain families of thermoplastics which have a higher performance than the group of thermoplastics labelled ‘Commodity Thermoplastics’.
Philip Law, Public and Industrial Affairs Director at the British Plastics Federation, writes for BP&R on what has a period of high profile activity for the organisation, which saw television appearances as well as a high-profile meeting.
