Market research on plastic processing equipment industry attributes the growth of the sector to the rising use of plastic-based products in businesses including packaging and consumer goods ...

One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and ...

The Plastic Processing Machinery Market size is expected to grow from USD 31.36 billion in 2023 to USD 38.99 billion by 2028, at a CAGR of 4.45% during the forecast period (2023-2028). The global ...

The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less complicated, frustrating and tedious. In a new study, Northwestern ...

Why knowing how polymers are made helps you work smarter with plastics.

This Collection welcomes original research that explores diverse methodologies in plastic waste management, including catalytic upcycling, thermoplastic processing, and additive manufacturing.

China’s policy to ban imports of postconsumer scrap plastics has upended markets for some of this material—namely film and mixed plastics—in the United States. Two recyclers shared why they have ...

A team of chemists has discovered how to transform PET plastic waste into BAETA, a material that captures CO2 with remarkable ...

The inconvenience of separating plastics for recycling may soon be a thing of the past. A team of Korean researchers has ...

Members of the community have expressed worries over the plastic processing plant’s application for an air-quality permit, citing concerns over pollution and fire hazards.

The Trump administration recently removed a major roadblock for chemical recycling, an unproven set of technologies that the oil and plastic industries are pitching as a panacea to the world’s plastic ...