Plastics. Also Italy

Examples of cross-border transport are also very numerous. From North America to Europe, via the Gulf Stream, from the Chaimel toward the North Sea and from the North Sea to the Kattlegat at the entrance of the Baltic Sea, beaches accumulate plastics. In the Mediterranean, plastic floats from the coast of France to the south to Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Italy or from the coast of Egypt to the Aegean Sea through Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Tmkey. The problem is international and can only be resolved within international institutions. 

Almost ten years later, that law was revoked in Italy by a decree with the force of the law issued by the Ministry of Environment [15]. The indicated legal positions gave a new input to the production of bio-based plastics as suited to cover the mercantile segments of massive consumption such as the packaging which comprises also the shopping bags. 

Antonio Ballada, PhD, received degrees in industrial chemistry from Milano University and in business administration from Bocconi University, both in Milano, Italy. He has held many top positions in the chemical and pharmaceutical business in Italy, USA, Taiwan, and China. He was CEO of Antibioticos SpA, and he was also responsible for the Catalyst and Additives Business Division at Basell, Inc., where he developed important relationships with the academic world involved in related R D. He is Executive Vice President of FasTech SrL, a technology company active in the elastomers and plastics industries. He is a member of the board of China Catalyst Ltd in Hong Kong and a member of the board of the Consultants Professional Association (APCO). 

Significant developments with regard to plastic automobile bumpers took place in Italy. The consumption of elastomer-modified PP expanded rapidly in Italian, then in other European markets. Other thermoplastic materials, particularly modified polycarbonate and modified polybutyleneterephthalate were also considered for the similar application, but the elastomer modified PP offered same performance at a substantially lower cost. 

Catalyst, Ziegler-Natta Also called the Z-N catalyst. Karl Zeigler (1898-1973) of Germany and Giulio Natta (1903-1979) of Italy developed a catalyst for the industrial production of polyolefin plastics. Together they received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1963. They provided the key (Zeigler for PE Natta for PP) at that time to a relatively simple. 

Polychlorinated terphenyls have been used extensively in sealants, hydraulic fluids, electrical equipment, plasticizers, and paints because of their desirable electrical and flame-retardant properties [8]. The Monsanto Chemical Co. started the production of both PCTs and PCBs in the United States in 1929. Since then, PCTs have also been produced in France, Italy, Germany, and Japan. Information about PCT production is incomplete, but during the period 1955 to 1980, approximately 60,000 metric tons were produced worldwide [8,9], which is 15 to 20... 

Some samples (B, C, and D) were also melt-homogenized in a larger machine specially designed for mixed plastics waste, at the Cadauta plant in Italy. The machine ( Revive compounder from Cerrini, Busto Arsizio, Italy) has a screw diameter, D, of 120 mm, and a cylinder length of 30D. It is a slow running machine (33 rpm). The melt temperature was set at 240°C, but due to the special construction of the machine a high shear-induced heat gradient in the melt was... 

The sponsorship provided by the following Institutions and Companies is also gratefully acknowledged lUPAC-Intemational Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Pisa, Kedrion SpA, Novamont SpA, EPI -Environmental Plastics Inc., Rheometric Scientific Italy, Belotti Strumenti Sri, Mettler Toledo Italy, and Idroplast Sri. 

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