PureCycle Technologies Inc., after spending years developing a unique purification technology to recycle polypropylene, has broken through with the company's first major commercial sale of resin.

Many plastic kitchen utensils can be toxic, and the same might be true in your yard. I spoke to experts to find out whether or not plastic yard tools are toxic ...

Polypropylene (PP) is a thermoplastic that has a number of properties that sets it apart from other thermoplastics which see common use with 3D printing, including PLA, ABS and nylon (PA).

PureCycle Technology presents a major development in recycling capabilities, and focusing on polypropylene is especially notable. It’s the second-most used plastic in the world, yet only 1 ...

Covestro is investing over $100 million in expanding its polycarbonate compounding plant in Hebron, Ohio. The expansion will ...

Professor Edward Kosior  The fifth session of negotiations (INC-5) for a global treaty on plastic pollution at COP29 in Busan ...

the component of most single-use plastic bags; and polypropylene, the stuff of hard plastics, from microwavable dishes to luggage. It also efficiently degrades a mix of the two types of plastics ...

As many of these vehicles are 10-plus years old, the composition of the bumpers' polypropylene plastics and adhesives vary dramatically. Therefore, unusable materials must be removed. So ...

Alongside shiny new industrial processing equipment-grinders, chutes, sorting tables and heavy metal baskets and racks, there ...

However, most glues can’t be used with polyethylene or polypropylene plastics, so double-check the glue’s package to ensure it’ll work with your material. Superglue, also known as a ...

Tanzania, which also used to be a source of plastics smuggled through the border, implemented a ban in June. Following the ban, polypropylene bags became a popular alternative. Polypropylene is a ...

One obvious question is where this plastic may be coming from. Given the amount of polypropylene, which is used in bottle caps, one theory is that the act of opening a bottle may shed particles ...