Today in Plastics
The airbags in your car and the socks on your feet have something in common with your toothbrush, bicycle helmet and home insulation: plastics. Today’s plastic materials inspire innovations that are helping to create tougher, cleaner, and safer homes, cars, airplanes, and hospitals.
Today in Plastics aggregates hot topics, events and innovations across a variety of sectors including: Cars & Transportation, Smart Packaging, Fashion & Design, Appliances & Gadgets, Buildings & Homes, Medical & Safety, Eco Solutions and Future Technologies. Come back often to learn about the many ways plastics are helping to create a future of endless possibilities.
[Video Feature] US Aerial Skiing Coach Talks Plastic Innovation at the Winter Games
Read More[Video Feature] Planning a Winter Vacation? Plan For Safety!
Winter Sports are a great way to bring the family together when its cold out, but be sure you have what it takes to stay safe. [...]
Category: Medical & Safety • Winter Games
For WesFeld of Project Runway, Fashion Design Means Undergarments Too
Beyond the dresses that Wesley Nault and Daniel Feld (Project Runway) are creating, the winners of the Plastics Make it Possibl [...]
Category: Fashion & Design • GenArt New Garde
WesFeld Dress Designs Get Paneling and Structure from Poly Organza and Plastic Mesh
WesFeld partners Wesley Nault and Daniel Feld (formerly of Project Runway) show us the plastic mesh and poly organza that helps [...]
Category: Fashion & Design
[Video Feature] Looking Back at Fashion Week – WesFeld’s Debut
Submitted on Mar 9, 2010
Despite heavy snow and a room full of other emerging designers, Wesley Nault and Daniel Feld stole the show with their plastic-based collection this February at New York Spring Fashion Week. As one party goer writes, "Nault and Feld drew inspiration for the collection from their favorite movie, What Dreams May Come. The result was a breathtaking (lit [...]
Category: Events • Fashion & Design • GenArt New Garde
Plastic Laptops Looking Good
Submitted on Mar 5, 2010
Dell’s newest laptops show advances in design a new way to look at plastic.
Category: Appliances & Gadgets
Plastic Cameras Lead to Old-Fashioned Photos
Submitted on Mar 5, 2010
A recent appreciation of plastic “old-school” cameras leads to a backlash against newer digital lenses.
Category: Fashion & Design
“Plastics, baby, plastics!”
Submitted on Mar 5, 2010
Colorful plastics are a key trend this spring.
Category: Fashion & Design
Dishes made with microwaving in mind
Submitted on Mar 5, 2010
The new Cool Touch Micro Bowl uses a plastic to make it easier to handle straight from the microwave.
Category: Smart Packaging
Recycled Waste Comes Home
Submitted on Mar 5, 2010
A Welsh company showcases their affordable low carbon homes made from recycled waste plastic.
Category: Buildings & Homes
World Cup Competitors Dress in Plastic Bottles
Submitted on Mar 5, 2010
Some teams will don jerseys made of recycled plastic bottles for this year’s games.
Category: Eco Solutions
Help Inspire A Physically Disabled Child to Become a Future World Class Athlete
Submitted on Mar 2, 2010
Help Plastics Make it PossibleSM support the Athletes with Disabilities Network (ADN) to promote a better quality of life and create opportunities for athletes with physical disabilities. Plastics Make it PossibleSM will match up to $25,000 in donations pledged through April 30, 2010, to help tomorrow’s athletes. Make a donation now! Did You [...]
Category: Athletes with Disabilities • Medical & Safety
Plastics Make it Possible Partners With The Athletes With Disabilities Network to Inspire Amputees to Become Athletes of the Future
Submitted on Mar 2, 2010
Disabled Athletes Hit Their Stride with the Use of Plastic-Based Active Prostheses That Are Lighter, Stronger and More Effective Than Ever.
Category: Athletes with Disabilities • Events • Medical & Safety • Press Room
