Educational Videos About Polymers

Plastic Saves Lives

Plastic is used in heart surgeries that have saved over 1000 lives across the world!

Plastic Recycling Saves The Planet

Recycled plastic reduces carbon emmisions by over 80%

Plastic Saves Energy

TEDx - Plastics Rehab

Professor Kim Ragaert presented a TEDx talk on 'Plastics Rehab' at the TEDXVlerick event on April 25th, highlighting that plastics are a resource, just like other materials, and that society should not be thinking in terms of throwing resources into the world and expecting them to just disappear. We should instead recover and recycle them.

Plastics in Construction: Clever stuff for smart building

Buildings account for around 40% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions which result from a combination of various factors like poor or no insulation, single-glazed windows, metal pipes that freeze and crack in winter, high heating requirements… The processing, production, transportation and installing of construction material also has an effect on the environment and adds to the emissions. Plastics have resource-efficiency designed into them and are more environment-friendly. The only way of making a sensible comparison is to look at a product’s impact, and beneficial contribution, over its whole lifetime. For example, you can save the energy it takes to produce a plastic insulation panel within just four months. And then the insulation will continue to save energy over its whole lifetime of use. Plastics insulation takes up little space and last for decades. Just 1.6 cm of plastic insulation actually provides more insulation than a metre of concrete. Light, easy to transport and just as good a subs

Plastic Injection Molding

Bill Hammack (the 'Engineer Guy) details the key engineering principles underlying plastic injection molding. He describes its history and, then, reveals the intricate details of the process. He shows viewers where to found, on any injection-molding product, the markings created by injection molding. He closes with a description of the one of the finest examples of the injection molding: the Lego brick. LENGTH: 9:35, PRODUCED BY: engineerguy.com

Plastic Packaging and the Environment

An overview of the clear benefits plastics packaging brings and how these benefits indirectly benefit the environment greatly LENGTH: 2:14, PRODUCED BY: IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e. V.

Give New Life to your Plastic

Recycling bottles and other plastics packaging has many benefits, keeping us and the planet happy.

Keeping our beaches clean

We all want to enjoy clean beaches and seas. Take your packaging with you and put it where it belongs.

Plastic Packaging - convenient, hygienic and light

Plastic Packaging protects your food and allows you to enjoy your meals anywhere.

Plastics Help Protect The Planet

A wide variety of materials types have a role to meet the needs of modern society and sensible product stewardship is a necessity for all products. Plastic products account for the use of just 4% of non-renewable fossil fuel consumption but, paradoxically, increased use of plastics would actually reduce the overall consumption of non-renewable fossil fuels and reduce society’s GHG emissions. And, contrary to popular belief, reduced use of plastics would actually have the opposite effect - increasing the ov. LENGTH: 2:56, PRODUCED BY: www.plasticseurope.org

The Good, The Bad and The Spudly

'The Good, The Bad and The Spudly' highlights the vital role efficient packaging has in reducing food waste and damaged products throughout the supply chain. So often in the media, packaging is portrayed as having a negative impact on the environment when actually research shows it has a positive impact. LENGTH: 1:40, PRODUCED BY: The Good, The Bad and The Spudly

A History of Plastics From The 1880's to Present Day

The British Plastics Federation Plastics Timeline; An Industry 800 years in the making. LENGTH: 4:45, PRODUCED BY: The British Plastics Federation

How Plastic Bags Are Made

A look at how plastic bags are made. LENGTH: 4:50, PRODUCED BY: How Its Made

A day in the life of a Fishbox...and beyond

The film includes scenes shot at dawn at London's Billingsgate where the ubiquitous fish box is acknowledged by merchants as a critical factor in keeping seafood fresh and safe and thereby reducing food wastage. Billingsgate also leads the way in ensuring that all the fish boxes left over at the end of the day are compacted for recycling. LENGTH: 5:33, PRODUCED BY: The British Plastics Federation

Chemistry Lesson Idea: Plastics and Polymers

A look short insiteful video into how plastics are made and how polymerisation works LENGTH: 3:24, PRODUCED BY: Twig World

Superbug: How plastic is helping the fight against MRSA (FULL)

Not all plastics are water proof, dissolving bags are used in hospitals to keep dirty laundry away from staff. This simple solution is part of the strategy to reduce MRSA infection rates. PRODUCED BY: Fantastic Plastic

The Shape of Plastics

A digitally remastered version of the Shape of Plastics (1962). Made by the BPF (and directed Alan Pendry) to celebrate 100 years of Parkesine. This film won the Gold Medal at the 1963 Bilboa Internation Film Festival and was the official British Entry in the Moscow Film Festival. This film was digitally remastered by the BBC with snip-its included in an episode of 'How it Works' which focused on plastic. LENGTH: 13:09, The British Plastics Federation

Vinyl’s Role in Sustainability

Sustainability is a word we hear all the time. But what does it really mean? For the vinyl industry it means more than protecting the environment. It means providing for the needs of today without compromising future generations, and their ability to do the same. It means embracing resilience and ensuring our communities, institutions and infrastructure are ready to adapt to the changing demands and circumstances. LENGTH: 2:20, PRODUCED BY: The Vinyl Institute

What if there were no packaging?

Without packaging, simple tasks like preparing a bowl of cold cereal for breakfast can take an entire day. What if there was no packaging? Would society collapse? How would we survive? LENGTH: 2:36, PRODUCED BY: Conpak Videos

What is PET?

PET is marked with the resin code of 1. PET is everywhere and in the textile industry is known as ... polyester. PET is safe for food contact products and you'll be amazed at what gets packaged in PET plastic. LENGTH: 1:32, PRODUCED BY: Conpak Videos