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

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

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

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.

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Analysis revealed that the particles included a mix of fibers and fragments made from various plastic polymers like ...

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 ...

"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, ...

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 ...

Each of the 11 dolphins sampled exhaled at least one suspected particle of microplastic, which researchers say “highlights how extensive environmental microplastic pollution is” Margherita ...

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.

U.S. researchers have detected microplastic particles in air exhaled by wild bottlenose dolphins, suggesting that inhalation may be a relevant route of exposure to these potentially harmful ...