Cleveland — You know those panels with raised knobs set into the sidewalk at crosswalks? Most pedestrians barely give them a notice. But these thermoset composite products require major coloring ...

All plastics contain one or more polymers, in addition to additives. Usually, polymers are not sold without some form of additive compounded into them. In the thermoplastics industry, it is commonly ...

An expert panel of the United Nations' Stockholm Convention voted Sept. 30 to put two plastics additives on its list of toxic chemicals that should be eliminated, although it called for phasing them ...

UK-based Symphony Environmental Technologies launched an additive that plastics manufacturers can use to make packaging biodegrade harmlessly in natural land and marine environments, the company says.