They want one of the plastic industry’s dirtiest and most inefficient technologies — one akin to incineration — to be ...

Mycologists believe the solution to some of our biggest pollution issues is under our feet. Humble fungi are now being used ...

Plastics News covers the business of the global plastics industry. We report news, gather data and deliver timely information that provides our readers with a competitive advantage.

Did the plastics industry use the lure of recycling to sell even more plastic? With the industry expanding and the crisis of ocean pollution growing, Plastic Wars investigates the fight over the ...

A researcher at Texas A&M University has found a new way to turn plastic waste into green hydrogen using catalysts and ...

The plastics industry saw 170 M&A transactions from January through June 2024, maintaining a steady pace from the previous year. This consistent activity underscores the market’s resilience amid ...

The first half of 2023 witnessed a notable 20% decrease in plastics industry M&A transactions compared with the same period in 2022. This slowdown was primarily attributed to a confluence of inflation ...

The UMass Lowell Plastics Engineering Department is an internationally recognized leader in plastics engineering education. Founded in 1954, we offer the first and largest ABET accredited Plastics ...

The plastic and rubber industries comprise the establishments that manufacture goods by processing plastic and rubber raw materials. The industry has had global success mainly due to the enormous ...

and the agreement seems certain to have big long-term impacts on the global plastics industry, especially resin production, single-use plastics makers and recyclers. In this PN Live, we’ll talk ...

The Department of Plastics Engineering participates in the Graduate Master's Co-op Option in Engineering. For detailed information about the Co-op Program and curriculum requirements, please see the ...