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CastorOil Based Plastics Used in the LED Lamps Design

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Wastberg , a Swedish lighting company, that manufactures economic and energy efficient lighting solutions, has designed a lamp that uses a plastic made with castor bean oil.  Called the Winkel w127, the lamp uses LED lights that are designed to shine for 50,000 hours.

Winkel w127 is manufactured of solid fiberglas reinforced biopolyamide, which is made out of castor oil.

Source: http://www.treehugger.com/interior-design/swedish-design-makes-castor-oil-cool.html

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DuPont’s Performance Plastics Line To Contain More Than 50% Renewable Materials

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DuPont, one of the world’s largest chemical companies, says that its performance plastics line will contain more than 50 percent renewable materials within 15 years. The company is exploring new technologies to make chemical monomers for basic plastics like nylon from carbon-based resources that can be rapidly regenerated.

Two of the three renewable materials in DuPont’s current performance plastics portfolio are based on non-food feedstocks. Hytrel comes from plant waste and Zytel RS comes from the castor bean plant.

To know more about the DuPont’s renewble plastics, click here – http://investors.dupont.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=73320&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1065535&highlight=

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Biodegradable Plastics – Market and Development Trends

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According to the European Bioplastics Association, the global capacity of biodegradable plastics increased from 514,000 t/a in 2011 to 637,000 t/a in 2012, a increase of 28.39%. It is estimated that the global production capacity of biodegradable plastic will reach 776,000 t/a in 2013 and may reach 1,646,000 t/a by 2016. Meanwhile, the market demand for biodegradable plastics rises year by year and its growth rate is always seen higher than that of the production capacity.

Sources quote three main reasons from this rapid development of biodegradable plastic market:
1. Considerable increase in the amount of biodegradable plastics used in the general products.
2. The application scope of biodegradable plastics expanded from general products to durable products.
3. Using non-grain raw materials to produce biodegradable plastics

Read More: http://eshare.cnchemicals.com/publishing/home/2013/08/01/473/latest-development-trend-of-biodegradable-plastics.html

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