Japanese materials leader Kuraray Co. Ltd. has acquired California-based Nelumbo Inc., a UC Berkeley spinout specializing in ...

Alex Speakman, founder of E.V.A Biosystems provides insight into his company’s groundbreaking invention that allows plastics to break down in the sea without creating harmful microplastics. It is no ...

New laser-based technology detects and chemically identifies nanoplastics in human fluids. Findings raise concern over ...

According to UNESCO, plastic waste makes up 80% of all marine pollution, with 8–10 million metric tons of plastic making its ...

Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Nonwoven Fabrics Market by Polymer Type (Polypropylene (PP), Polyethylene (PE), Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Wood pulp, Rayon, and Others), ...

By 2021 annual production had roughly doubled, with the trade in plastics (and goods containing it) estimated to be worth ...

Much plastic waste is soiled and composed of several different layers, making it too complex for the usual recycling method ...

In the latest Polymer Points Live discussion, resin pricing trends for March and projections for April were reviewed, with a focus on the impact of tariffs, economic conditions, and global oil ...

The trajectory of prices for four of the five commodity resins — polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS) and ...

Eco fashion pioneer Pangaia has launched (gaia)PLNT Nylon, a sportswear capsule collection derived from bio-based nylon from ...

Experts at leading health care conferences last month called for further research into the health effects of microplastics ...

Personal care formulators use polymers primarily as film formers, as fixatives in hair care products, and as rheology ...