Report Identifies Chemical Plastics as a Global Health Threat

Medicine & Technology Dec 16, 2020

Plastics and the chemicals they leave behind pose a major threat to the health of humans.

Engineers Used Novel Solvent-Based Method to Recycle Plastics

Nov 23, 2020

Engineers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison pioneered a method called Solvent-Targeted Recovery and Precipitation (STRAP) processing in recycling plastics.

Machine Learning and AI Can Now Create Plastics That Easily Degrade

Oct 22, 2020

Researchers have found a way to design polymers that combines modeling and machine learning to make plastics.

New Process Produces Virgin Quality Plastics from Plastic Waste

Oct 23, 2019

The new technique allows for a circular use of plastic materials that could potentially solve our evident plastic accumulation problem.

Move Over, Carbon Dating… Plastics Could Potentially Determine the Age of Fossils

Sep 20, 2019

The increasing buildup of microplastics in the environment could one day lead to determining the age of rocks and fossils.

Durable Bioplastic Synthesized from Spider Silk Fortified Wood Fiber

Sep 18, 2019

The hidden strength and toughness of spider silk, combined with the stiffness of wood cellulose, brings bioplastics to a new level.

Microplastic Mystery: Remote Lakes May Help Unravel It

Jul 20, 2019

The problem on microplastic remains to be a mystery, but it looks like remote lakes in various parts of the world may help unravel the mystery.

We Could Be Inhaling Plastic and Don't Know It

Apr 19, 2019

Microplastics have been found to pollute the air as much as it does the oceans.

Using Camel Cricket Bacteria to Degrade Plastic

Apr 13, 2019

Scientists discover how to degrade plastic through cricket bacteria

Greek Fishermen Are Netting More Garbage than Fish

Mar 31, 2019

The Greek are cleaning up their waterways.

Earth Is Fighting Back Against Plastic Waste

Mar 30, 2019

Plastic-eating bacteria has been discovered in the Philippines.

Kevlar: A Revolutionary Plastic

Mar 18, 2019

Here's the science behind one of the world's strongest plastics.

Recycling in Style

Mar 14, 2019

One-time use of plastic bottles could be the things in the past

Microplastic Pollution Is Killing Us, Slowly

Mar 08, 2019

New Research study says that microplastic pollution is found just about anywhere in the world.

Biodegradable Plastics Using Carbon Dioxide & Sugar Degrades Back To Original State By Soil Bacteria Enzymes

Jun 16, 2017

Biodegradable plastics will soon be replacing plastics made from petrochemicals. It took chemists a 100 years til the breakthrough to produce plastics from a sustainable source.