A groundbreaking new discovery is shaking the entire energy sector: a battery material made entirely from plastic that ...

The ambition on display at the UN plastics negotiations deserves recognition. More than 150 nations, each with its own economic and cultural pressures, came together with one intent: to solve one of ...

Plastics are inexpensive, strong and easy to make. One application for plastics, however, is truly out of this world. Plastics have enormous potential in space. It can cost $5,000 or more per pound to ...

What if recycling plastics were as simple as flicking a switch? At TU/e, Assistant Professor Fabian Eisenreich is making that ...

Loop Industries Inc. continues to take steps to commercialize its plastics recycling technology. The Montreal-based firm announced earlier this year a supply agreement with Evian, a well-known ...

The global push for plastics circularity has reached its inflection point. And on the right side of that shift are Singapore ...

This is one step forward in a global garbage crisis. Each year, 2.12 billion tons of waste are generated worldwide. Plastic ...

Using a harmless bacterium strain of genetically reprogrammed E. coli, scientists can turn the widely used plastic, ...

ReDeTec’s patented solution for extruding materials could transform the plastics industry. R&D tests show it uses 50% less energy than competing systems. But what will it take ...

Other products are used to formulate cosmetics. Schilling said making the plastic materials out of plants instead of petroleum reduces carbon emissions in the production process by 90%.

DSM Engineering Materials has upgraded and expanded its production site in Evansville, Ind. In a news release, officials said the investment included significant improvements focused on technology ...

Pricing for the five commodity resins were relatively flat headed into the third quarter’s last month. Barring weather and/or ...