P lastics are easy to throw out but hard to get rid of. Unlike biodegradable materials, bacteria and fungi haven’t evolved the ability to break them down, leaving plastic garbage to languish for ...

Deep within the world's oceans lurk marine bacteria armed with plastic-munching enzymes, their evolution seemingly sculpted ...

General Motors and Flex-N-Gate earned top honors at the 2025 SPE Automotive Innovation Awards for a composite midgate design ...

Current demand for plastics and chemical raw materials is met through large-scale production of ethylene from fossil fuels.

Beneath the ocean’s surface, bacteria have evolved specialized enzymes that can digest PET plastic, the material used in bottles and clothes. Researchers at KAUST discovered that a unique molecular ...

CPBR is the Japanese industry body responsible for promoting and evaluating the recycling of PET bottles. CPBR sets voluntary design guidelines for PET bottles and conducts thorough evaluations of new ...

The need for an Act to regulate the manufacture, use and control of plastic products (polyethylene and polypropylene) has dawned on the House of Representatives, leading to the creation of the ...

MacroCycle's approach to recycling dramatically reduces the amount of energy needed to produce new material, potentially ...

Far beneath the ocean's surface, researchers have found bacteria that can digest plastic, using specialized enzymes that evolved alongside humanity's ...

A newly discovered enzyme motif reveals how ocean microbes are evolving to digest plastic, potentially aiding future cleanup ...

Plastic pollution has an impact on human health in addition to causing problems for the environment and our planet.

Sean Jameson, SVP of Business Development at VUV Analytics, discusses the newly released ASTM D8519 method. This method ...