We can now tell the difference between a wide range of plastic types and thereby separate plastics according to their chemical composition. This is absolutely ground-breaking and it will increase the ...

A new California law went into effect Jan. 1 that limits the types of plastics donning the recycling symbol. Senate Bill 343, signed into law Oct. 5, is designed to inform consumers of what is and is ...

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Perhaps one of the clearest indications of the Anthropocene may be the presence of plastic. Starting with the commercialization of Bakelite in 1907 by Leo Baekeland, plastics have taken the world by ...

Remember that old polyester base layer you could never get clean, the one stuffed back in your closet because every time you put it on it smelled like you just got back from a five-day backpacking ...

A team of scientists has developed a first-of-its-kind catalyst that is able to process polyolefin plastics, types of polymers widely used in things like plastic grocery bags, milk jugs, shampoo ...

Should you weld that cracked bumper or use adhesive to fix it instead? Both methods can get the job done, but there are pros ...