Polyethylene plastics -- single-use bags and general-purpose bottles -- are indestructable forever plastics. That also makes them hard to recycle. Chemists have found a way to break down the polymer - ...

While plastics are very useful on their own, they can be much stronger when reinforced and mixed with a range of fibers. Not surprisingly, this includes the thermoplastic polymers which are commonly ...

MANILA, Philippines — D&L Industries, through subsidiary D&L Polymer & Colours Inc. (DLPC), is advancing its natural fiber innovation with the introduction of a 100 percent abaca pellet for use in ...

A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics that dominate the waste stream today and turn them into hydrocarbon building blocks for new plastics. The catalytic process, developed at the ...

D&L Industries, through subsidiary D&L Polymer & Colours, Inc. (DLPC), has launched what it calls a “breakthrough” 100-percent abaca pellet designed for manufacturing more sustainable plastic products ...

Polyethylene plastics — in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape — are notoriously hard to recycle. They’re sturdy and difficult to break down, and if they’re recycled at ...

Biodegradable plastics have been advertised as one solution to the plastic pollution problem bedeviling the world, but today's "compostable" plastic bags, utensils and cup lids don't break down during ...

NINGBO, ZHEJIANG, CHINA, January 21, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ningbo Beilun Rhong Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Polyethylene plastics — in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape — are notoriously hard to recycle. They’re sturdy and difficult to break down, and if they’re recycled at ...

Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream, polyolefin plastic bags and bottles, into gases -- propylene and isobutylene -- that are ...