For manufacturers, both established and new, the plant-based cutlery sector presents a promising yet challenging opportunity.

Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have defied long-standing material theories by developing ...

Plastic waste surrounds daily life, from food containers and grocery bags to shampoo bottles and medical supplies. Much of it ends up buried or drifting into ecosystems because recycling it is slow, ...

Researchers at Wageningen University & Research have developed a new type of plastic that, according to materials theory, ...

The plastic bottle you just tossed in the recycling bin could provide structural support for your future house. MIT engineers ...

The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, today elected Ambassador Julio ...

With the aim of transforming the design of plastic materials, AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Center, has launched the POLY-ML project, an R&D initiative that applies advanced machine learning ...

Plastic waste has long outpaced our ability to deal with it, largely because the most common packaging plastics are hard to ...

Carbon dioxide levels keep climbing, even after years of promises to cut emissions. At the same time, plastic waste pours into oceans, rivers, and landfills. These crises often feel separate, yet they ...

Market Volume Worth 12,065.3 Tons By 2035. According to Towards Chemical and Materials, the global polyethylene furanoate (PEF) market volume was valued at 2,280.0 tons in 2025 and is expected to be ...

If you're trying to reduce the number of plastic kitchen utensils you own this year in favor of nontoxic options, it's probably not the worst idea. plate of microplastics are found in many common ...

Engineers at MIT have developed a process for 3D printing construction-grade structural elements using recycled plastic ...