The main advantages of a quick access fastener over a traditional screw are the reduced time and effort required to operate it. Quick access fasteners typically require only a quarter-turn or other ...

Push dose pressors (PDP), in various different forms, have been in and out of my practice a number of times over the years. At the moment, they appear to be becoming increasingly trendy in ...

The Houston Recycling Collaboration is part of the petrochemical industry's push for chemical recycling of plastic waste amid growing awareness of the environmental and health risks associated ...

Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient.

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year in the U.S., and very little of it is ever ...

The grace period is over for a whole new range of now banned plastic bags and other everyday products. Vote in our poll and have your say. The state government announced from September 1 ...

These tiny plastic particles can range in size from 5 millimeters (as small as a pencil eraser) to 1 nanometer, which can’t be seen with the naked eye, the Environmental Protection Agency ...

Researchers have cracked the code for turning plastic back into the building blocks to make new plastics. It could revolutionize recycling, which studies have shown is broken. Researchers at UC ...

Roughly 10 years after California tried and failed to ban plastic bags at grocery stores, state lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of “paper or plastic” in ...

A Pennsylvania company was getting tens of millions of dollars in federal loan guarantees to turn plastic waste into a fuel for steelmaking, claiming the climate would benefit. “This is one of ...