You often must tie together pipes of different materials with transition fittings. The materials in common use today — copper ...

Have a plumbing job coming up? PEX pipe is well worth considering, and learning how PEX connections work is the first step to ...

Mitigating the effects of thermal expansion and contraction in your piping systems is not just about compliance—it's about ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

FlowGuard® Gold CPVC is launching the Speed Test Challenge Sweepstakes1, encouraging plumbers2 to watch the Speed Test ...

Researchers have developed a way to make one type of plastic material more durable and less likely to shed dangerous microplastics. Researchers have developed a way to make one type of plastic ...

While a common family of bacteria, Comamonadaceae, grow on plastics in urban rivers and wastewater systems, it was unclear how these bacteria interact with and break down plastic. Professor Ludmilla ...

Some of the worst offenders, which can take decades to degrade in landfills, are polypropylene—which is used for things such as food packaging and bumpers—and polyethylene, found in plastic ...

Plastics can be engineered for specific uses by matching up the properties of the plastic to the job it will ultimately be used for. Plastics are examples of polymers - very large molecules formed ...

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of ...