Plastics News2d
Justice Department probes PVC pipe price-fixing allegations
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating allegations of price fixing in the PVC pipe market. Otter Tail Corp., a ...
Plastics News4d
Lane opens $30M plastic pipe plant
The Washington factory is No. 17 for the employee-owned company that is also building a new facility in Florida for polyethylene and polypropylene pipe.
DOJ investigating PVC prices after short seller report, FT says
The Department of Justice is investigating potential price-fixing in the market for PVC pipes, as disclosed in a filing by manufacturer Otter ...
Local regulated water authorities sending notices about possible lead pipe service lines in North Texas
The Environmental Protection Agency through the Lead and Copper Rule required all regulated water systems to track service ...
WHYY24d
Philadelphia releases lead pipe inventory: Much of the city left undetermined
An example of lead pipes that deliver water to the nation's homes is on display. (Seth Perlman/AP Photo) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to ...
The Atlantic11d
Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula
Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. For the past several years, I’ve been telling my friends what I’m going to tell you: Throw out your black plastic spatula.
New Atlas23d
New type of plastic biodegrades in the ocean faster than paper
Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that CDA is the fastest degrading type of plastic in seawater – technically classified as a bioplastic – and with ...
Live Science24d
Spatulas and takeout containers made from recycled black plastic may carry flame retardants
New research has detected high levels of flame retardants in some toys, kitchen utensils and other household items made from recycled black plastic. But the potential health effects remain unclear.
The New York Times25d
These Scientists Tested Dolphin Breath. They Found Plastic.
By Hiroko Tabuchi Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked. In clouds. On Mount Everest. In Arctic snow. Now, for the first time, tiny plastic particles have been ...
Nature26d
UN plastic pollution treaty must not ignore the scourge of microplastics
Final negotiations for the first-ever United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are due to take place at the end of November. The latest treaty draft states two major objectives: to end plastic ...
The Daily Telegraph27d
The myth of plastic recycling is finally unravelling
Consumers want something to be done about plastic pollution. Recycling is something. Therefore oil companies, manufacturers and retailers are doing it. The trouble is, many of these initiatives ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation9d
New satellite tool scans for plastic pollution on beaches from over 600 kilometres above Earth
On a pristine beach in Gippsland, a team of scientists are dumping plastic rubbish. Their littering is extremely precise. When they're done, 14 squares of trash — each exactly 2 square metres ...