Chemists design biodegradable plastics inspired by nature, programming polymers to stay durable in use and break down safely ...

Chemists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a "smart" polymer that could make industrial curing, 3D ...

A certain dessert product is being pulled from shelves across Canada. In a notice published Friday, the Canadian Food ...

As a result, plastics must be carefully sorted into relatively pure streams, which pushes up recycling costs and reduces efficiency. Mechanical recycling — the dominant method worldwide — involves ...

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

Supply chains were never built to answer hard questions. They were built to move volume. Provenance, custody, and ...

A new kind of 3D-printable material that can stretch, flex and still stay friendly to living cells could change how medical implants, artificial organs and even batteries are built. Developed by ...

Fiddler crabs in Colombian mangroves swallow microplastics, concentrate them, and break them into smaller fragments during ...

Creative hobbyists, get ready for a glow-up. Here are my predictions for 3D printers, laser engravers and more.

Blood vessels would reduce the transparency of the cornea and negatively affect the quality of our vision. Therefore, it ...

Prysmian and Eni-controlled Versalis have signed a strategic agreement to chemically recycle plastic cable waste into new ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Microplastics in our environment can be a big issue for health, leading to Alzheimer’s and even heart attacks. These develop because of hard-to-recycle plastics, like ...