An estimated 280 million metric tons of plastic waste will enter the air, water, soil, and human bodies every year by 2040, ...

Unlike their mid-century ancestors, today's plastics are being reimagined through ultra-thin layering at the molecular level.

Rutgers scientists have developed plastics that can be programmed to break down at specific rates by drawing on a natural principle. Their approach could provide a meaningful new way to tackle the ...

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 3, 2025 / For decades, every industry has been held back by the same flaw. They ...

Chemicals in everyday plastics may be fueling obesity, infertility, and asthma that begin in childhood. Experts warn urgent ...

Hormone-disrupting chemicals found in disposable water bottles and processed foods may cause or aggravate a potentially ...

How Tariff Shifts Are Driving More Manufacturers to U.S. Injection Molding Partners in 2025 Palatine, United States – ...

Methanol is an ideal feedstock for bio-manufacturing. Converting it into lactate, a monomer for biodegradable plastic, offers ...

Near the Pennsylvania coast, particle counts surged from 19,000 per square kilometer in 2014 to over 700,000 in 2024.

Cheap, strong, and versatile, plastic seemed like the perfect invention—until its staying power turned into a global headache ...

Plastic was designed to last, and it has delivered on that promise a little too well. After decades of treating packaging, ...