Rather than a potential triumph, the compostable plastics we use look increasingly like a tragedy. Andy Extance looks at the problems and seeks solutions ...

Sustainea, a joint venture between the Brazilian chemical maker Braskem and the Japanese trading firm Sojitz, plans to build a biobased ethylene glycol plant in Lafayette, Indiana. The plant will be ...

Packaging is a fundamental pillar of modern life. It facilitates transportation, storage, and protects products, while also catering to the consumer’s desire for safe and secure goods. With this in ...

Microplastics, plastics smaller than 5 millimeters, are littered across the world, contributing to global warming, disrupting ...

Bayer says the new packaging, first launched in the Netherlands, reduces the product’s carbon footprint and eliminates the ...

These scientists have bioengineered a version of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria that can break down polyethylene ...

Accelerating Circularity's update on its polyester-based textile recycling trials calls for a systems-wide shift to make fashion circularity more than a novelty.

Packaging and recycling specialist ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria; is opening a state-of-the-art polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling ...

UPM Biochemicals, Selenis and Bormioli Pharma have partnered to produce the world’s first pharmaceutical bottles made from partially wood-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

UPM Biochemicals, Selenis and Bormioli Pharma have partnered to produce the world’s first pharmaceutical bottles made from partially wood-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET). This bottle takes ...

For the study, the scientists targeted polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, in particular, Interesting Engineering reported. PET represents just under two-thirds of our plastic waste and is ...