The company has brought cap and preform manufacturing into its Benton bottle production facility, which also houses its rPET ...

As the global pollution crisis caused by manufacturing and disposing of single-use plastics continues to grow, researchers ...

Charles R. Goulding and Andressa Bonafe discuss BASF’s advancement in 3D printed catalysts and its impact on the future of ...

Israeli war on Iran is already having an impact on everyday things because of the over-reliance of oil and gas derivatives in ...

Charles Sewell, who as co-founder of Sewell Plastics produced the first 2-liter plastic soda bottle, died March 23 in Marietta, Ga., at the age of 93. In 1976, Sewell Plastics produced the prototype ...

Summary: In a breakthrough for “bio-upcycling,” scientists have engineered a way to transform plastic waste into L-DOPA, the primary drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease. By using engineered E. coli ...

A new book by the journalist Beth Gardiner argues that oil companies are upping production of the material as a safeguard against falling revenue. By Zoë Schlanger Zoë Schlanger is an environmental ...

Most plastic bottles are made of PET plastic (polyethylene terephthalate), and in this video, I'll be recycling it into polyurethane foam. This was just one method of doing it, and in the future I ...

An estimated 600 billion plastic bottles were produced in 2021 for water alone, according to the United Nations University. The global bottled water market is worth an estimated $348 billion and is ...

A team of scientists has engineered bacteria that converts chemicals made from plastic bottles into a common drugstore painkiller called paracetamol, which is the active ingredient in Tylenol. Inside ...

Hello parents, teachers and students! If you’re looking for a fun way to explore literal rocket science, this experiment is for you. Be sure to check out GMSA@9 on Wednesdays when Meteorologist Sarah ...