Lecture “Todos somos plástico, e depois?”
Focused on demystifying plastic as the bad guy, Professor Geoffrey Mitchell (Physics of polymers), Professor Artur Mateus ( Mechanic engineer) and Amaro Dias ( President of APIP- Associação Portuguesa da Indústria de plásticos), talked to the youngest how plastics have changed our lives, how the properties of plastics are so advantageous in numerous industries, and how plastics could be a problem nowadays, depending on humanity unconscious behavior. The kids took their concerns and doubts. And the afternoon concluded with production of shapes from Bioplastic Polylactic acid (PLA) using hot water to soften the plastic.