Vials are small glass or plastic bottles used for storage. Depending on supplier they can be supplied in amber or clear glass, plastic, with or without markings and in various configurations of ...

US-based manufacturer SiO2, which makes vials out of plastic and then coats them with a thin layer of glass, hopes to have made up to one billion by April this year. Schott AG Schott says it will ...

Currently, the world is suffering from environmental problems caused by plastic waste. A KAIST research team has succeeded in ...

“Black plastics are more likely to contain unregulated amounts of toxic chemicals. Including heavy metals and flame retardants which can leach into food and pose a hazard to human health,” the site ...

Plastic waste, especially polyethylene and polypropylene, makes up a staggering two-thirds of post-consumer waste glo ...

While a plastic bottle of water can get the job done ... in your life or someone who worships the gym, reusable water bottles can be a great holiday gift. Whether you like to add electrolytes ...

Researchers have succeeded in developing a microbial strain that efficiently produces pseudoaromatic polyester monomer to replace polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using systems metabolic engineering.

If you've stocked up on purified water in this region of the country, take a look at your supply as experts warn of ...

And these are just the bits of it we can see. Plastic has become a vital part of our lives of convenience. Yet the coffee cup lids, water bottles and bags we use once and throw away do end up ...

In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the county alleged PepsiCo and Coca-Cola companies have misled the public about the recyclability of their plastic bottles and downplayed the negative environmental and ...

But are they safe and should we be looking for alternatives? For many of us, plastic containers are part of our daily lives; we use them to store, freeze, heat and transport a variety of different ...