The TARPAULIFE Project is looking for more sustainable recyclable materials to replace the PVC-coated polyester tarpaulins ...

This makes this plastic—a kind found in everything from grocery bags to car bumpers—hard to recycle. In a new study, ...

European equipment maker says its new polyolefin recycling and regrind system can handle a wide variety of plastic scrap infeed materials. The Intarema 2325 T-VEplus RegrindPro, which the company says ...

Primers developed specifically for polyolefin substrates may also provide ease of application and durability. Have there been any recent innovations in adhesives for more effective bonding of ...

Scientists have new evidence to explain why plastic is dangerous to sea turtles: the animals mistake the scent of plastic for food. Thus, a plastic bag floating in the sea not only looks like a ...

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste crisis. Learn what you can do to reduce your own single-use plastics. Read this ...

They were washed in with the tide, most likely from China or the US, thousands of miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage patch, spinning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which you ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

A rising tide of plastic waste is choking our oceans, threatening fragile ecosystems and killing sea life. While plastic has revolutionised our way of life since it was invented in the 1950s, the ...

You see photos of plastic pollution in the ocean, but it can be hard to connect that to the plastic you're buying and using every day. Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ...