The global wood plastic composite (WPC) floorings industry size is to be worth USD 2.23 billion in 2023. The market is to develop at a 7.0% CAGR from 2023 to 2033, reaching USD 4.19 billion by 2033.

Biodegradable plastics, such as polylactic acid (PLA), were introduced as an alternative. However, PLA takes too long to ...

To tackle the growing pollution crisis, scientists at RIKEN in Japan have developed a new type of plastic that remains stable ...

We asked a chemical engineer and an environmental science professor if plastic cutting boards are safe. Shop non-plastic ...

Police say a SEPTA engineer's own wife shot and killed him, then left his body on a plastic sheet outside their home. Danielle Baxter, 39, is accused of killing 38-year-old Jordan Baxter in the ...

Supramolecular materials that fully degrade when soaked in saltwater have the potential to help address the microplastics ...

Artistic rendering of the new plastic. Cross linked salt bridges visible in the plastic outside the seawater give it its ...

However, most glues can’t be used with polyethylene or polypropylene ... but it also responds badly to plastic glue. Contact between the glue and the acrylic sheet can result in a chemical ...

Unlike traditional plastic recycling, pyrolysis theoretically isn’t limited to specific types of plastic. It could be made to accommodate many of them, although current technology is limited to a few ...