Researchers built tough, compostable bacterial cellulose sheets that rival metals in strength. The material handles heat, and ...

A new Europe-focused study reveals that polyethylene (PE), the most widely used packaging material in Europe, has lower life ...

Alexander Clapp, author of new nonfiction book 'Waste Wars,' tracks the world-wide blackmarket trade of our garbage ...

The European Commission's consultation on chemical recycling rules for plastic bottles marks the first EU framework to ...

Australian scientists manage to break down 90% of styrofoam polystyrene plastics in 30 minutes using violet light, air, and ...

The plastics industry renewed calls for the U.S. EPA to formally acknowledge chemical recycling as a manufacturing process ...

"We welcome EPA's decision to withdraw the 18 proposed Significant New Use Rules (SNURs), which imposed unnecessary burdens ...

Trash and household waste amounts have exploded following the COVID-19 pandemic, and west Georgia communities and ...

According to Towards chem and Materials consultants, the global paraxylene market volume amounted to nearly 64.40 million ...

It talks about the necessity to decrease the amount of plastic waste by using either mechanical or chemical recycling, as well as using renewable ... LyondellBasell Industries Holdings B.V., ...

The company says the new unit, part of a deeper chemical recycling investment, has doubled the Baytown plant’s capacity.

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's shorelines, the study found.