Polymer Center and Blue Polymers facilities are designed to produce 175 million pounds of recycled plastics annually for sustainable packaging and other uses Republic Services and Blue Polymers opened ...

PHOENIX, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Republic Services, Inc. (RSG) and Blue Polymers, LLC today broke ground in Indianapolis on the nation's first innovative plastics recycling complex that will ...

The 8 billion tons of plastic waste that have amassed on Earth pose a grave and growing danger to human health, according to a new report published in the leading medical journal The Lancet. Ahead of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large proportions of plastic waste don't get recycled. Westend61 via Getty Images Plus In 1950, global plastic production was ...

Peking University, June 27, 2025: Addressing the challenge of waste plastics treatments, the scientific community has been pursuing innovative solutions. Recently, Peking University researchers led by ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being; SDG 14 - Life Below Water; SDG 15 - Life on Land Plastic pollution has emerged as a defining ...

AIMPLAS has announced advancements in the recycling of multilayer plastic materials, which are said to be often difficult to process due to their complex structures. The challenge of separating these ...

Kuka will demonstrate how to simplify complex automation challenges at automatica 2025 in Munich, Germany, under the motto "making automation easier," a concept particularly relevant for plastics ...

In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It's now about 400 million tons—an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential. Plastic is inexpensive ...

Kevin A. Schug receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes for Health, ExxonMobil, and Weaver Consultants Group. He is affiliated with VUV Analytics, Inc. and ...