Materials firm Braskem has received $50 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Manufacturing and ...

The rise of healthier fast-food restaurants like Chipotle and Panera and popular salad chains like Chop't and Sweetgreen shows that diners are always looking for something a little different. Another ...

Statewide bans on plastic bags cut pollution by 29%, with California leading the charge. Global action is crucial to address ...

in the same way that the reactive carbon-oxygen bonds in polyester or PET make the plastic easier to recycle. Polyethylene and polypropylene don't have this Achilles heel -- their long chains of ...

A value chain represents all the activities and processes involved in creating a product or performing a service. As such, it encompasses every stage of the product's or service's lifecycle ...

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" in the video player above. HOUSTON, Tex.—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business ...

The first catalyst of sodium on alumina breaks down long plastic chains. This leaves reactive ends that the second catalyst can repeatedly act on. Effectively, it dismantles the entire polymer ...

Global supply chains, now a couple years recovered from pandemic-era snarls, have been chugging along at a much healthier clip. But by no means has it been smooth sailing. Traffic through two ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Uline is looking to grow their workforce in the Lehigh Valley. Uline will be hosting a hiring event on Wednesday, Sept. 4 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. to fill day and night shift ...

Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis ... has devised a catalytic recycling process that breaks apart the chains of some of the more commonly used plastics — polyethylene ...

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 ...