Rutgers scientists have developed plastics that can be programmed to break down at specific rates by drawing on a natural principle. Their approach could provide a meaningful new way to tackle the ...

The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA), Mississauga, Ontario, and the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC), Ottawa, Ontario, have announced an initiative to reuse, recycle or ...

Despite the planet's growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient. They ...

A polymer is a substance made of many repeating units linked together, like beads on a string. Plastics are polymers, and so are natural materials such as DNA, RNA and proteins. DNA and RNA are ...

Waste plastic is choking the Earth’s oceans and poisoning its wildlife. That’s why researchers at Purdue University are excited about a new chemical technique technique that turns waste plastic back ...

Plastic waste threatens a wide range of ecosystems all over the planet. But innovative ways of making, reusing and recycling plastic are set to change our relationship with this extraordinary material ...

Some plastic waste is invisible: Shampoo, laundry detergent, and other common products often use tiny capsules made of microplastic as an ingredient. Those capsules then wash down the drain and can ...

STORRS, Conn. (WTNH) – A University of Connecticut professor is making polymers from hemp. He says it is a better alternative to plastic. Chemistry professor Greg Sotzing has developed a way to use an ...

I am exploring the bays and ocean around Maine’s Acadia National Park by kayak. Acadia is an area of great natural beauty, but is also home to several ports with centuries of uninterrupted use. These ...

Uranium can perform reactions that previously no one thought possible, which could transform the way industry makes bulk chemicals, polymers, and the precursors to new drugs and plastics, according to ...

Over the last century, we have learned how to make long-chain synthetic polymers using petroleum and other fossil fuels. These polymeric chains and their patterns make them durable, lightweight, and ...

Plastic was designed to last, and it has delivered on that promise a little too well. After decades of treating packaging, ...