Discarded plastic packaging materials, old CDs and even LEGO bricks can be transformed into materials that capture ...

Microplastics are increasingly being found in our bodies and food supply. They are defined as pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters — about the size of a pencil eraser. But they can also be ...

A new approach to plastic recycling being explored at Penn State could make the process more efficient by using tiny ...

Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations Environment Programme announcing that the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee ...

A squat, light-colored building in Tigard, Oregon, was supposed to be part of a game-changing new solution for the global plastics industry. Called Regenyx, this recycling facility took in polystyrene ...

Friedrichshafen event features 1,600 exhibitors from 40 countries, new Paul Eberhard Schall Medal, and expanded programming.

Australia's recycling system has been lurching from one crisis to another for decades. Soft-plastic schemes are collapsing, curbside contamination is on the rise, and states are still struggling to ...

Plastics lie at the heart of a pollution emergency: ruinous to natural environments, they break down into particles that are found throughout our air, our water and our food. But we just can't seem to ...

Plastic pollution exacerbates the impacts of all planetary boundaries, including climate change, ocean acidification and biodiversity loss, a new paper shows. Ahead of the final negotiations of the ...

Marine plastic pollution is a massive environmental issue, with a plastic smog of an estimated 170 trillion particles afloat in the world’s oceans. This highlights how urgently we need to develop ...

Salt Creek Capital acquired MK Plastics, a manufacturer of corrosion-resistant industrial and commercial ventilation ...

Bay Plastics is investing in a new training, technology and manufacturing center, with an open house and ribbon cutting set ...