The US plastics manufacturing sector is showing early signs of recovery after enduring several years of interest-rate-driven challenges, according to a new economic analysis by Perc Pineda, PhD, chief ...

Chemical additions to plastic that mimic natural polymers like DNA can create materials that break down in days, months or years rather than littering the environment for centuries. Researchers hope ...

GLADWIN, MI — Connecticut-based Inline Plastics Corp. has informed state officials it will permanently close its Mid-Michigan facility in early January. The manufacturing facility, at 705 Weaver Court ...

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Two baseballs for a ...

Source: Marek Pavlik / Unsplash Microplastics have become an unavoidable part of our daily life, embedded in packaging and clothing, and found in our oceans, in the air we breathe, and in the water we ...

A sprinkling of nanoparticles could be the solution to a problem that has long plagued plastics manufacturers – namely, how do you make a material that is both strong, tough and easy to work with?

Ms. Chaudhuri is a journalist in London and the author of the forthcoming book “Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic.” In 1957, 92 percent of American children were potty-trained by 18 ...

After the conclusion of the failed INC-5.2 United Nations plastics treaty summit in August, negotiators went home without a plan for how to move forward, though a variety of approaches are being ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1864 Scientific American published a competition launched by a billiard-table ...

The latest UN plastics treaty collapse underscored what markets already know: a $400 billion stranded asset risk that forward-thinking petrochemical leaders must now confront strategically. While ...

Nigerian shop manager Olarewanju Ogunbona says he uses Styrofoam and plastic packs at least five times a day — nothing unusual in the megacity of Lagos, one of the world’s most plastics-polluted urban ...