This family-owned, Quebec-based molder has been in business since 1956, and current owner Pascal Baillargeon is now making a ...

Family-owned and -operated Jamestown Plastics has used a wealth of experience and a can-do attitude to become a trusted ...

Researchers have spent the last few years trying to find which type of plastic biodegrades the fastest in a marine ...

Our planet is choking on plastics. Some of the worst offenders, which can take decades to degrade in landfills, are polypropylene—which is used for things such as food packaging and bumpers ...

A new kind of building material is taking shape in a lab at the University of Michigan. The modular, flat black panels panel is the kind of wall-like material that’s used to clad the exterior of ...

A way to select a suite of mangrove bacteria that can transform plastic has been developed that potentially offers a new ...

A new study conducted in roundworms finds that a common plastic ingredient causes breaks in DNA strands, resulting in egg cells with the wrong number of chromosomes.

Even when plastics are recycled, the process creates a lower-quality product which cannot itself be recycled. Most of the waste sent for recycling is diverted to landfill – Europe recycles 12.4% ...

In the Manufacturing 4.0 era, chemical manufacturers have more data at their fingertips than ever. This offers the promise of process optimization: higher production rates, more consistent quality, ...

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into ... some parts you cannot,” Zhou said. “You process it into different pieces of steak ...

Blue Polymers expects to have four plants to process recycled plastics nationwide, able to produce 300 million pounds of recycled material each year. Decking maker Trex Co. Inc. just created a ...

A new study conducted on roundworms finds that a common plastic ingredient causes breaks in DNA strands, resulting in egg cells with the wrong number of chromosomes. Monica Colaiácovo of Harvard ...