PureCycle Technologies and UpSolv are advancing commercial-scale solvent-based recycling, targeting polypropylene and ...

Plastic is a wonder product, perhaps one of humanity's best innovations, and has become an indispensable part of our daily lives. Besides the indisputable benefits of plastic materials, significant ...

We took chopped-up sheets of recycled high-density polyethylene (HDPE)—the same plastic used in industrial stretch wrap—and reassembled them into layered composites inspired by seashells.

Bio-based polyethylene (Bio-PE) from renewable sources like sugarcane and corn can reduce plastic waste, lower carbon footprints, and provide sustainable alternatives to traditional plastics.

Scientists harness a new-to-nature reaction in E. coli to turn discarded plastics into life-saving medicines, charting a sustainable path for chemical manufacturing.

Designer Xuanhao Li merges computational design, digital fabrication and traditional craftsmanship to upcycle discarded polyethylene (PE) packaging into marine-inspired lighting.

A New York plastic bag maker that had been part of legal challenges to the state's bag ban is closing its factory there and laying off 146 workers, according to state filings.

A Poly-Pak warehouse seen here in 2020. The Melville manufacturer of plastic bags plans to lay off 146 manufacturing workers in May. Credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr.

The Ministry of Science and ICT on Jan. 3 said Kyungpook National University professor Kim Kyung-jin and the research team of the food and bio company CJ Cheiljedang have developed the world's ...

The initial contribution of nearly 100 tonnes of plastic sheeting to make shelters should reach refugees within days. Rishi Sunak heralded the UK's contribution to the maritime corridor and ...

Trex began its partnership with Keep Arkansas Beautiful in 2022 to bolster the NexTrex Plastic Film Recycling Challenge and make polyethylene film recycling more accessible to Arkansans.

A NEW Banksy tree mural has been covered up with plastic sheeting and wooden boards after being “vandalised” with white paint. The landlord of the building in Finsbury Park, north … ...