Materials firms are trying their best but are confronted with negative images — like a plastic bag stuck in a tree along a busy highway.
Adding up all that data, we tracked 13.1 billion pounds of recycled material in this list, with more than 78 percent being reprocessed.
CGT, a maker of coated fabrics and films based in Cambridge, Ontario, recently completed the first phase of an industrial research project with McGill University.
Plastics News is looking for the next cohort of young people who are making a difference in the plastics industry, whether that means solving today's problems or developing tomorrow's technology.
The journalists at Plastics News continue to do outstanding work every day, and some of their best stories, graphics and projects of 2018 were honored in three recent competitions.
Ah, Spring! Flowers in bloom. About time to cut the grass after you watch that final season of "Game of Thrones." But here's the best part: Once again it's time for the Plastics News Processor of the Year Award!
Ah, Spring! Flowers in bloom. About time to cut the grass after you watch that final season of "Game of Thrones." But here's the best part: Once again it's time for the Plastics News Processor of the Year Award!
When it opened last fall, much of the marvel about Uponor North America's new manufacturing plant for cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) pipe focused on how the 237,000-square-foot facility came on line with 40 new jobs six months ahead of schedule.
The directory will provide information that can drive discussions to help PN determine editorial coverage to support the range of people within the industry.
For some, the word "vegan" might bring up images of a patchouli oil-drenched, lettuce-eating yoga teacher wearing a PETA shirt and armed with a pail of red paint for the next big fur protest. But in recent years it seems the word has become more...
United Nation talks kick off April 29 to update the Basel Convention focusing on global trade in hazardous waste, and plastics scrap has a prominent place on the agenda.
The lack of new toolmakers, of course, is a global problem. But the situation is extreme in Mexico, even as demand for quality domestically made molds runs as hot as a habanero chili.
The lack of new toolmakers, of course, is a global problem. But the situation is extreme in Mexico, even as demand for quality domestically made molds runs as hot as a habanero chili.
Students at Mater Dei Academy in Wickliffe, Ohio, recently collected almost 300 pounds of polypropylene bottle caps and lids. For their efforts, students are receiving a Buddy Bench.
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