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Panasonic has filed Patent Application 20120305456, outlining a method of determining whether an electronics case contains brominated flame retardants by measuring its light absorption spectrum.

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland says it has found a new technique to significantly improve the overall quality of bio-based plastic packaging. According to the , the next generation of bio-based products are likely to have superior qualities to their more traditional counterparts.

CTC Plastics and Lehigh Technologies, Inc. have teamed up to manufacture shipping pallets made from 100-percent recycled content. Specifically, the pallets are made from a mixture of rubber tires and scrap polypropylene.

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