SPE: A-NZ | News

Sep 28, 20223 min read

Canada won’t come close to goal of eliminating plastic waste by 2030

Canada will miss its 2030 target by 2,092,994 metric tonnes if action isn’t taken to prevent plastics from becoming waste in the first...

Sep 27, 20222 min read

Plastics and the Circular Economy 22 and 23 November 2022 in person 24 November evening online

Australia’s leading conference on plastics returns in full tackling key issues for a circular future. Taking place in person at Pullman...

Sep 22, 20223 min read

Study Shows How Microplastics Can Easily Climb The Food Chain. Should We Be Worried?

It begins with plants sucking synthetic contaminants up from the soil. Then insects munching on those greens get their fill of...

Sep 15, 20222 min read

Are Paper Bags Really Better for the Environment Than Plastic Bags?

New Jersey is the first state to ban single-use bags made from both plastic and paper, but one is actually worse for the environment than...

Sep 9, 20222 min read

AGM and “The Qenos Circular Economy Plastics Project”

A recent report on advanced recycling technologies to address Australia’s plastic waste was published by Sarah King from the CSIRO as...

Aug 8, 20222 min read

Microplastics, users’ responsibilities

This is the second of our three-part series about Microplastics; the first held on 5 April 2022 (causes ‘definition’ and characterisation...

May 27, 20222 min read

A-NZ President letter

SPE: A-NZ Newsletter by the President It is some time since you have received a Newsletter from the President of the Australia-New...

Apr 26, 20223 min read

Plastics and Medical Applications

This event organised by the Australia-New Zealand Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers is in collaboration with the BioMelbourne...

Mar 22, 20222 min read

What are Microplastics – and why you should care!

The industrial miracle of plastics dawned in the mid 20th century. Plastics helped to solve many problems for us. However, in recent...

Feb 21, 20222 min read

Onshoring

This webinar is in collaboration with the Australian Manufacturing Technology Institute Ltd (AMTIL). This original in-person seminar has...

Jan 12, 20222 min read

A-NZ President letter

SPE: A-NZ Newsletter by the President May I wish you and your family a Happy New Year. After our webinar on the Economic Outlook for 2022...

Dec 22, 20212 min read

Packaging – Application Developments

As COVID-19 continues to influence our lives, we have had to take the unfortunate decision to change our first in-person event for the...

Nov 23, 20212 min read

The Economic Outlook for 2022 with Alan Oster

It has been a year with many challenges for the industry in general. Who has not been caught up in container shortages and now also...

Oct 11, 20212 min read

A-NZ President letter

SPE: A-NZ Newsletter by the President An article on Hexcel and HP Composites development of carbon fiber Class A body panels in...

Oct 11, 20212 min read

Advances in Injection Moulding

TThe Section is fortunate to have NETSTAL Injection Moulding Machines to present in close cooperation with their local representatives...

Sep 29, 20213 min read

Plastics and the Circular Economy – The Virtual Edition

The Annual Plastics and Waste Conference organised by the Australia-New Zealand Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers will be run...

Aug 27, 20212 min read

Innovative Polyamides for Medical and Health Care Applications and AGM SPE: A-NZ Section

It has been many years since the SPE: A-NZ Section has featured an update on the polyamides from Ems Chemie, Switzerland. We are...

Jul 23, 20211 min read

Plastics in Packaging

The Section is collaborating with Materials Australia and RMIT for this webinar with the support of Associate Professor Fugen Daver from...

Jul 12, 20212 min read

Episode 10: Plastics Recycling in the Future

Presented by the Industrial Chemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) This webinar is Episode 10 and part of...

Jul 12, 20212 min read

Episode 9: Making the Production and Use of Plastics more Sustainable

Presented by the Industrial Chemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) This webinar is Episode 9 and part of a...