New tariffs affect El Salvador and Guatemala plastics imports while maintaining exemptions for key pharmaceutical ...

The research is the first to project the environmental impact of biodegradable plastics through their entire lifecycle at a global scale ...

MIT engineers turn plastic waste into strong building parts that could solve housing crisis and reduce environmental impact ...

Global health burdens associated with plastic systems could double by 2040 without immediate and coordinated action.

The largest share of the projected harm came from greenhouse gas emissions linked to plastic production, because ...

A portion of Cascade Plastics' new 36,000-square-foot Lewiston plant will be exempt from property taxes for five years after ...

The global plastics system could be responsible for cutting 83 million years of healthy population life between 2016 and 2040 ...

A new process to recycle existing plastics indefinitely and reduce the flood of plastics into landfills is being developed by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley. From sandwich bags ...

Margaret Sobkowicz-Kline, Ph.D., Professor, Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell Jay Park, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell ...

Plastics are synthetic or semi-synthetic materials made from polymers, which are long chains of molecules typically derived from petroleum, natural gas, or other organic sources. Plastics are ...

UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The management of Impact Plastics acted reasonably and gave employees enough time to leave safely on the day Hurricane Helene struck the Tri-Cities, according to ...