So, you’ve got your product design pretty much down and selected the materials with the properties the application requires, but some of the plastic parts need to be joined. You may discover that the ...

As talks on a global treaty on plastic waste conclude, a Newsweek Horizons event will bring together business leaders, academic experts and environmental organizers for a panel discussion at 6 p.m.

Clearweld enables the laser welding of plastics without the use of opaque materials or the addition of unwanted color. A new process for transmission laser welding of both clear and colored plastics ...

Ahead of the expected start of negotiations on a global plastics treaty, some large plastics packaging firms are joining a call from financial institutions and consumer product companies for a robust ...

Tanzania has become the latest African nation to announce a sweeping ban of single-use plastics, joining Kenya and Rwanda in the effort to tackle plastic pollution. A statement released by the ...

Opportunities are endless in the plastics industry, which "appears to only be growing and expanding in many different directions," said Bobby Jones, sales representative at resin distributor Osterman ...

In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the massive Ocean Cleanup device is currently beginning its first attempt to fish plastic trash out of the sea. It’s a difficult challenge, but the systemic ...

A group of Palm Springs fourth graders has spent the school year studying and experimenting with different types of straws and packaging materials, looking for the best alternative to the plastics ...

Paris-based plastics recycling company Carbios and L’Oreal, the cosmetics company, have jointly announced a partnership with Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe. Carbios says it ...

Phillips 66 is Closing its LA Refinery this Month. Neighbors Still Don’t Know if the Company Will Pay for the Cleanup. Arizona Launches Investigation into Proposed Critical Mineral Mine’s Contaminated ...