Tarmac Group first listed on the Birmingham Stock Exchange in 1913 and then the London Stock Exchange in 1922. During the 1920s and ‘30s Tarmac had to cope with national strikes, recession and periods of intense competition. Nevertheless, the company gradually expanded its geographic coverage (particularly in the south east), increased its production of paving slabs and moved into road surfacing as well as supply. As with so many companies in the construction industry, the Second World War increased the demand for Tarmac’s services, notably for surfacing the large numbers of airfields being built or modernised. By the time of its half
Material of the Future a worldwide view from a variety of perspectives considering what the true value of plastic is. Covered topics include re-usable plastics, plastic pollution, plastic industry, controversies of plastic recycling, bioplastics, and plastics in human health. The film includes footage from Chinese recycling facilities, the world's largest plastics convention, the Los Angeles bag ban, heart replacement surgery, the Plasticarium in Brussels, and is interspersed with interviews from scientists, authors, artists, and environmentalists. The film is scored by Richard Swift with additional music from Baths and a previously unreleased track from Animal Collective. Material of the Future Material of the Future is