Chemists and innovative recyclers are trying to turn gloves, pipette tips, and other laboratory plastic waste into something useful ...

The Revinylize Recycling Collaborative™, an initiative founded by the Polymeric Exterior Products Association (PEPA), announced a major milestone ...

In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside recycling bin: bubble wrap, for instance, or multilayer plastic packaging ...

The building material manufacturer has incorporated recycled-content plastic into its products sourced from mechanical and, more recently, chemical processes. 3form has been using recycled-content ...

Polyurethane (PU) started as a solution to a 1930s shortage, but today it's a key material in industries from insulation to cushioning. Invented in 1937 by Otto Bayer and his team in Germany, PU was ...

Most of us spend our lives meticulously washing out jam jars and sorting plastics into the right bins, fuelled by the belief that we’re doing our bit to save the planet. It’s a comforting routine that ...