Researchers at Virginia Tech have found a way to make biodegradable packaging stronger while using less energy in the process ...

"But if you're going to use recycled plastic to produce more single-use plastic, that's a problem." Plastic production relies on oil, making corporate plastic use a direct driver of climate change.

Advancements in exciting topics like these will be highlighted at the IAEA’s Third International Conference on Applications of Radiation Science and Technology (#ICARST2025), which started in Vienna ...

Manufacturing Insights Expert Plastic Recycling Process Behind Durable Plate Production Posted: April 6, 2025 | Last updated: April 6, 2025 Watch the skillful and incredible journey of recycling ...

“Over four years ago, we brought the IRG project to Erie with the intention of creating high-paying, family-sustaining jobs and turning Erie into a leader in environmental sustainability by replacing ...

It's likely that increased awareness is making a big dent in the problem. But reducing the production of plastic, and invoking changes further up the supply chain, would likely further help reduce ...

The Dutch mouldmaker and injection moulder Promatrix is specialised in aluminium moulds for prototyping and small to medium serial production of plastic parts. Hasco’s Streamrunner enabled the company ...

The plastic composition of the environmental MNPLs was characterized using multiple analytical techniques, including Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, confocal imaging, scanning electron ...

Since then, plastic production has skyrocketed ... radiation technologies as a promising alternative to conventional recycling methods. Radiation technology using gamma rays and electron beams offers ...

But new research points to problems upstream too, tracking plastic production to the oil fields where it originates. For the first time, fracking operations in the US have been linked to ethane ...

based on global plastic production since 1950." This figure appeared three times in the 2017 EMF report to describe the current state of plastics in the ocean. "Stemming the Tide" did not project ...