European equipment maker says its new polyolefin recycling and regrind system can handle a wide variety of plastic scrap infeed materials. The Intarema 2325 T-VEplus RegrindPro, which the company says ...

A look back at the year’s top articles on recycling innovations, sustainability strategies, and circular economy practices in ...

"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, ...

In any case, “frameworks for recycling should include a system that financially enrich the people involved in the collection and disposal of plastic waste,” he adds. “The price of plastic in ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will establish a Roundtable on Plastics that will provide a forum for examining issues associated with national efforts to reduce plastic ...

A rising tide of plastic waste is choking our oceans, threatening fragile ecosystems and killing sea life. While plastic has revolutionised our way of life since it was invented in the 1950s, the ...

The Lund researchers said the treaty could set up a system that allocates production allowances for primary plastics to the countries signing the treaty. Companies would then buy those allowances ...

Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution. Polyurethane is used in everything from phone cases to trainers, but is tricky to recycle and ...

Scientists have new evidence to explain why plastic is dangerous to sea turtles: the animals mistake the scent of plastic for food. Thus, a plastic bag floating in the sea not only looks like a ...

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 ...

You see photos of plastic pollution in the ocean, but it can be hard to connect that to the plastic you're buying and using every day. Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ...