Greiner Packaging GmbH, as a part of its sustainability prospects, has come up with thermoformed plastic solutions for ...

“Our previous findings show that this directional porous material has great optical properties when it is filled with PMMA ...

Pectin has a new use as a photothermal material, according to a study published in Carbohydrate Polymers by Aalto researchers ...

Welding plastics using laser technology not only reduces ... These joins mostly involve polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) or polycarbonate as the upper component, and are currently usually joined ...

The company also is nearing completion of a new plant in Bay City, Texas, for the manufacture of methyl methacrylate precursor that is then polymerized to create PMMA, or acrylic, resin.

"UMass Lowell is among the nation's leading centers for plastics technology, and its Plastics Engineering program...is helping to push new boundaries of how these versatile materials are used, ...

When it comes to plastic, the rules can be extra confusing -- there's a lot more to it than tossing a water bottle in the recycling bin and calling it a day. Here's why: Not all plastics can be ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Tucked into a green-sounding federal recycling bill ...

Researchers studying bottlenose dolphins found polyester and other plastics in every animal they tested. By Hiroko Tabuchi Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked.

Impact Plastics and its CEO, Gerald O'Connor, have been sued by the family of one of its Tennessee employees who was killed by catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. The wrongful death ...