Single use plastic packaging gets a bad wrap. Or is that just another bad pun? When most think of a single use plastic, they imagine drink containers such as soda and water bottles. They are the model for convenience, but also the guilty party that gets shown as an example for pollution on land and…
Disposable products used to be the norm. Disposable batteries, disposable electronics, disposable single-use plastics, etc. That trend has slowly started to end, and most products are finding new ways to be reused, recycled, or transformed into another useable material. Plastics have long had multiple variations of recycling, but some still are not able to be…
The last decade has seen a huge growth of products that are sustainable and environmentally friendly. Being biodegradable was once a secondary thought, but as raw materials are becoming harder to supply and dispose of, we must stay conscious of where our raw materials come from and go when the product has completed its…
You’ve probably seen literature and information concerning the three R’s: Reduce, Recycle, Reuse. In plastic injection molding, utilizing these three concepts can save money on production expenses and create more problems than expected. If you have always thought plastic injection scrap was 100% recyclable, you were close to the mark. It’s usually recyclable, but…
The Pharmaceutical Industry has used plastic injection molding for decades to initially convert metal products to plastic, then to use engineered resins for daily use items. Syringes, fluid transfer and delivery, and simple single use packaging are just the tip of the iceberg for using plastics for pharmaceutical purposes. The use has become more…
In the world of resins and injection molding, there are thousands of options available. Some resins offer strength, thermal stability and chemical resistance, and yet others offer electrical resistance and ease of printing. Perusing several online databases, such as the UL Prospector (formerly IDES), MAT Web, and The British Plastics Federation, can offer a starting point, but…
Staying eco-friendly in today’s market is a smart idea. It used to be that your new product didn’t need to worry about recycling and the end of lifecycle disposal. The current trend with consumers is to seek out products that are environmental friendly, both on the manufacturing side and at the end when it’s time…
There’s an ever growing population of plastics that are finding their way to landfills, while the growing threat of running out of fossil fuels always seems to be just around the corner. Researchers have been studying what can be done to curb the amount of plastics being thrown away, and a different set of scientists…
The term sustainability seems to be used in many places, and sometimes what others term is sustainable really isn’t. At SEA-LECT Plastics we classify our business practices as sustainable, and every day we act as a highly regarded green manufacturing company. Our daily goal is to reduce our impact on the environment as we manufacture…
Technology has continued to change and refine the plastics that are commonly used in every industry. As the global waste crisis continues to become more of a topic of discussion, scientists are finding new ways to recycle plastics and reuse various types of biodegradable materials. Recently researchers from Swansea University discovered a way that black…