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, ...

As a pilot project aimed at keeping soft plastics out of landfills nears its end, the Capital Regional District is targeting ...

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

Research shows increasing microplastic accumulation in human brains, but experts urge caution over study methods.

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.

Discover how Kingspan recycles 1 billion PET bottles annually into insulation by 2025, reducing plastic waste and promoting a ...

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The team created the mortar by replacing a portion of natural sand with a mixture of silica aerogel particles and shredded PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic. Silica aerogel is already ...