Many disposable objects are made of black plastic, which has so far proven to be very hard to recycle. US scientists have devised a new method of recycling black polystyrene, however, simply using ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is reminding businesses, organizations and consumers of the waste ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is reminding businesses, organizations and consumers of upcoming ...

This year marks the 90th anniversary of polystyrene, and while some have argued it’s time for this and other polymers to retire, others envision a greener future for the material. Polystyrene sprang ...

Texxon Holding Limited (Nasdaq: NPT) (the “Company” or “Texxon”), a leading provider of supply chain management services in the plastics and chemical industries in East China, today announced the ...

It is bad enough that polystyrene is made up of the chemicals listed in the chart above, primarily from petrochemicals, but the HBCD is classified under the EU's REACH program as as a chemical of ...

Scientists assessed changes in the gut microbiome of superworms (Zophobas morio) in a new study. The University of Queensland Researchers in Australia have identified enzymes in the gut of certain ...

The use of plastics to produce wood-like products is a familiar part of many component industries. UK car manufacturers may be the only ones left who can boast that, their wood trim is actually made ...