With a new process, ENGEL makes it possible to process plastic waste as flakes in injection molding directly after grinding. Since pelletizing as a separate process step is eliminated, the innovation ...

We know that most plastics thrown into the recycling bin don’t get recycled, but what about the ones that do? According to new research, those also end up spitting bits of plastic back into the ...

The company says its melt flow modifiers optimize PP processing efficiency, product quality and sustainability for the ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption & Production. The escalating crisis of plastic waste has emerged as a significant environmental challenge, ...

With a new process, ENGEL makes it possible to process plastic waste as flakes in injection molding directly after grinding. Since a complete process step, pelletizing, is eliminated, the innovation ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- For the past two weeks, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith has covered how the City of Houston manages recycling, specifically looking at how plastic is recycled. And when it ...

A new process to recycle existing plastics indefinitely and reduce the flood of plastics into landfills is being developed by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley. From sandwich bags ...

Each manufacturing sector has a distinctive set of tools, processes, technologies, and challenges. These differences make it extremely difficult, costly, and time consuming for manufacturers to adapt ...

The plastic lifecycle currently emits more than 0.85 gigatons of greenhouse gases. If current plastic production and consumption patterns continue, emissions could reach 1.34 gigatons per year by 2050 ...

Milk jugs, bags, egg cartons, water bottles — Americans use a lot of plastic packaging. According to the most recent numbers from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Americans generated 14.5 ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent global plastic processing machinery market report. This market research report also lists 29 other ...

A recent spill of bio-beads—small plastic pellets used by some wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s—has brought ...