Taiwan, one of the world’s biggest plastic users, is facing supply disruptions caused by the war in Iran. The crunch is ...
Living things degrade, die, and decompose. Even when we turn plant and animal material into furniture or clothes, the process ...
Plastic is useful because it is extremely durable. That is also the problem. The same polymer chains that give plastic its ...
North American PVC resin prices saw a small increase in September, with regional polypropylene prices down slightly and prices for all other commodity resins flat for the month. Suspension PVC prices ...
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 9, 2026 / For decades, plastic economics were built around one assumption: ...
It's easy to believe this common myth about recycling food plastic, but it's actually causing more harm to the environment ...
The latest stories from our Planet or Plastic? series—a multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste ...
Plastic has many uses in our everyday lives. You may think that plastic is safe for your health because of its widespread availability. However, some kinds are not. With many different plastic ...
Plastic is everywhere—even in the foods we eat and the beverages we drink. CR’s recent tests of nearly 100 foods found two types of chemicals used in plastic, bisphenols and phthalates, in a wide ...