Origin co-founder, John Bissell at the Origin Materials 1 biomaterials pilot plant in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Plastics are essential to modern life, but their convenience comes at a steep ...

Circular Composite Solutions (CCS), a startup focused on manufacturing durable shipping pallet components made from recycled wood and plastics, will invest $53.7 million to establish operations in ...

Polymer science advancements are leading to a tenfold increase in plastics use in motion control components within five years. New thermoplastic composites approach metal strength and modulus but with ...

Recycled plastic pellets from polyethylene (PE) can be used when making a water bottle for instance. But we can never have full knowledge of what chemicals will end up in an item made of recycled ...

A single pellet of recycled plastic can contain over 80 different chemicals. A new study with researchers from University of Gothenburg and Leipzig shows that recycled polyethylene plastic can leach ...