Over the last 20 years, scientists have come to recognize microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) as a growing form of ...

Over the past two decades, microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) have been recognized as emerging pollutants, detected ...

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In this video, we explore methods for identifying different types of plastic, focusing on elastomers, thermosetting plastics, and thermoplastics, along with the Resin ID codes (recycling symbols) when ...

Several new projects turn waste into food for microbes that create PHA, a type of plastic that fully decomposes on its own, offering a less costly alternative to current bioplastics. This fork made of ...

Recent experimental findings from the research team led by Prof. Jianbo Hu at the Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), revealed partial dislocation-mediated plastic ...

Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, a report published Monday in the Lancet medical journal said. The ...

The plastics industry has witnessed robust merger and acquisition activity during the first half of 2025, with deal volume maintaining strong momentum from the start of the year. The Amcor-Berry ...

WAKO, Japan, June 4 (Reuters) - Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and ...

How can you minimize your exposure? How worried should you be about the health effects? And other questions, answered. How can you minimize your exposure? How worried should you be about the health ...