Polypropylene and polyethylene are two durable and affordable plastics commonly used as packaging materials, snack wrappers, ...

Sunlight hits tiny particles of plastic floating in a clear water solution. Slowly, they begin to disappear, leaving behind a ...

The polypropylene plastic recycling firm booked $8.3 million in revenue last year but says its cost of operations exceeded ...

In this world, plastic is the most stubborn waste. Normally, the plastic waste gets disposed of via municipal collection, ...

A hidden two-letter code stamped on plastic food containers reveals just how toxic it may be. Consumers are advised to check for labels marked PP (polypropylene) or PE (polyethylene), plastics deemed ...

In A Nutshell Researchers at Tokyo University of Science developed a method to create fluorescent, irregularly shaped ...

New studies suggest the energy efficient and eco-friendly approach could help reuse millions of tons of plastics.

The board of directors of the Washington-based Recycled Materials Association ( ReMA) has approved revisions to single and ...

The breakthrough offers a promising new approach to reducing plastic pollution through photocatalysis, a metabolic pathway ...

Every year, the world uses roughly 37 billion barrels of oil. Most is burned to power cars, trucks, planes, ships and other types of transport. For more than a century, this energy-dense hydrocarbon ...

Many teabag manufacturers abandoned petroleum-based plastics but plastic remains an issue?

LAMA, a Santiago-based company founded in August 2025, is using industrial robotic arms fitted with specialized polymer extruders from the Italian company REV3RD to produce large-format design objects ...