One of the world’s most persistent waste problems, plastics are durable and difficult to recycle. Developed by researchers ...

When trying to evaluate a plastic food storage container for durability and safety, you should first turn the container over ...

Tea bags can be filled with plastic but a safer alternative could be loose tea leaves. Many companies now offer loose tea leaves that can be used with a stainless steel strainer or infuser, which ...

Plastic waste can be turned into carbon nanomaterials that act as efficient single-atom catalysts for clean energy and water ...

Two commodity resins saw lower prices in North America in September, with two others staying flat and one remaining unsettled ...

The province of Alberta, Canada is investing EUR 30 million to accelerate recycling and circular economy projects. The funding supports 18 initiatives ...

The marine debris was cleaned, processed, and physically recycled using twin-screw compounding to produce a new product made ...

(RTi); David Barry, associate director for PE, PP and PS for PetroChemWire (PCW) by OPIS; Michael Greenberg, CEO of Resintel, ...

Making nylon plastic from raw chemicals used to be a very common demo; depending where and when you grew up, you may well have done it in high school or even earlier. What’s not common is ...