Today, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), a network with more than 1,000 members in all United Nations regions, delivered an open letter to the International Negotiating ...

Acrylic polymers such as poly (methyl methacrylate)—the plastic used in Plexiglas—are durable materials with a huge variety of commercial applications. But the all-carbon backbones that give these ...

The film discusses the origin and synthesis of plastic materials, highlighting how nature creates various organic substances ...

A new discovery offers a promising way to break down stubborn plastics like Plexiglass into their original building blocks, ...

Jonathan Black played a key role in shaping the former president's approach to plastics pollution and related U.N. treaty ...

Similarly, the head of the Plastics Industry Association, who called Trump’s executive order an example of leadership, in ...

Trump issued an executive order on Feb. 10 to ban the use of paper straws. On Feb. 18, Commissioner Travis Sargent proposed getting rid of the city's educational ordinance against plastic straws.

Pritzker Private Capital has acquired a majority stake in Americhem, a leading materials firm, for an undisclosed amount. The ...

Ridwell, a pickup service aiming to recycle items that wouldn't be otherwise, has grown rapidly since coming to the Bay Area ...

The global spandex market, valued at almost $8 billion in December 2024, is projected to grow between 2% and 8% every year ...

After thousands of homes and businesses burned in the Los Angeles fires, public health doctors are warning about the toxic ...