Danish Urban Water Retention has used the plastic to develop square modules that are placed underground in urban areas for storage or transportation of stormwater.

Researchers at Virginia Tech have found a way to make biodegradable packaging stronger while using less energy in the process ...

Researchers have created a new plant-based material that could become a strong contender for a plastic replacement.

Polypropylene is just as big in packaging as PET but it is recycled at a fraction of PET. Only 8 percent of 1.2 million tons of post-consumer PP is recycled.

Resin prices moved in opposite directions in March, with polypropylene dropping four cents per pound and polystyrene rising two cents, said senior reporter Frank Esposito. He noted that industry ...

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The trajectory of prices for four of the five commodity resins — polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS) and ...

Pfizer slashed its production targets for its COVID-19 vaccine because of a lack of raw materials for its supply chain, according to press reports. The big pharma has said in recent weeks that it ...

It will take an expansive look at hazards associated with plastic from “cradle to grave”—from the origins of fabrication, to the myriad end states of the ubiquitous material, to the consequences for ...