Expanded polystyrene foam, the white fluffy plastic in styrofoam, was banned in food service ware on Jan. 1. But shoppers in ...

Plastics News senior reporter Frank Esposito shares highlights from a whirlwind three-week work trip through Indiana, Philadelphia and San Diego.

PureCycle Technologies Inc. has set a target of selling the company's recycled polypropylene for $1.36 per pound, ...

On March 18, 2025, antidumping (AD) and/or countervailing duty (CVD) petitions were filed on polypropylene corrugated boxes from China (AD & CVD) ...

Microplastics have been found in numerous organ systems and even in the human brain. It's impossible to avoid them altogether, but you can cut back, researchers say.

Plastic pyrolysis is a chemical process that involves chemically breaking down plastics into other molecules by heating the plastics to extremely high temperatures in the absence of oxygen.

Rialti, a leading European polypropylene compounder and recycler, is launching new compound grades containing both ...

By Liz Kimbrough In a lab in Türkiye, researcher Sedat Gündoğdu zooms in on the image of a small red fiber. For the first ...

Four polypropylene (PP) corrugated box producers from the US have filed antidumping and countervailing duty petitions, ...

(collectively “Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. imports of polypropylene corrugated boxes from the People’s Republic of China and the ...

Sculpey offers a guide for crafters looking to get started with polymer clay—how to choose the correct formulation and choose project ideas that can be as simple or as challenging ...

A study of Finland's waters found that the once-pristine environments have been contaminated with microplastics.