An Ohio compression molder is spending $4 million to not only dramatically expand production but also automate a portion of the company's pallet making business. Composite Technologies Co., which goes ...

Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that CDA is the fastest degrading type of plastic in seawater – technically classified as a bioplastic – and with ...

New research has detected high levels of flame retardants in some toys, kitchen utensils and other household items made from recycled black plastic. But the potential health effects remain unclear.

On a pristine beach in Gippsland, a team of scientists are dumping plastic rubbish. Their littering is extremely precise. When they're done, 14 squares of trash — each exactly 2 square metres ...

Consumers want something to be done about plastic pollution. Recycling is something. Therefore oil companies, manufacturers and retailers are doing it. The trouble is, many of these initiatives ...

Here we are in the penultimate month of 2024. We're nearing the final round of global plastics treaty talks with the United Nations and the 2024 presidential election. We've got a packed issue for you ...

Final negotiations for the first-ever United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are due to take place at the end of November. The latest treaty draft states two major objectives: to end plastic ...

The Moss Vale plant would sort plastics into five types, and process them into pellets and flakes, with some then reprocessed into products such as furniture and plastic pallets. Plasrefine said ...

Since dolphins and humans inhale similar plastic particles, dolphins may be at risk for the same lung problems. As top predators with decades-long life spans, bottlenose dolphins help scientists ...