Imagine dining on “edible plastic” made from algae and collagen from fish skins. While you ingest the dish, ocean-borne ...

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

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

Paper packaging offers a number of advantages over its plastic counterparts: It has a high recycling rate, lower CO₂ ...

JINHUA CITY, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA, March 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The disposable tableware sector has ...

In a recent review published in npj Parkinson's Disease, researchers reviewed emerging experimental and mechanistic evidence linking micro- and nanoplastics (MPs/NPs) to the pathogenesis of ...

A team of scientists has engineered bacteria that converts chemicals made from plastic bottles into a common drugstore painkiller called paracetamol, which is the active ingredient in Tylenol. Inside ...

Plastic pollution has proven stubbornly resistant to quick fixes. Even so-called biodegradable plastics often linger in the environment, breaking down into microplastics that spread through ecosystems ...

Researchers in Sweden have unveiled a way to create high-performance electronic electrodes using nothing more than visible light and specially designed water-soluble monomers. This gentle, ...

Plastics fill trash cans, roadside ditches, and coastlines. A new peer-reviewed study argues they also form a durable record of how people live, shop, travel, and throw things away. The United Nations ...

The HyJoin process is used to attach this plastic cover to a metal housing. Screws or gaskets are not needed. August 16, 2025 Engineers have many options for joining plastic parts to plastic parts or ...