Local manufacturer Noble Plastics will launch an $8.5 million expansion and add 29 jobs to begin supplying products for the First Solar plant to be built in Iberia Parish. The Grand Coteau company ...

Talks on securing a global treaty to combat plastic pollution have been extended an extra day, with discussions still going ahead after frantic last-minute negotiations as dozens of countries rejected ...

Each year, the world produces about 400 million tonnes of plastic waste – more than the combined weight of all the people on Earth. Just 9 percent of it is recycled, and one study predicts that global ...

A team led by researchers from the University of Houston and Rice University has demonstrated a method for producing stronger, multifunctional bacterial cellulose sheets that could support the ...

Primex has introduced Prime Sulapac sheets, a bio-based material developed by Helsinki-based Sulapac Ltd. The material serves as an alternative to traditional plastics for packaging applications. The ...

Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment. Scientists at RIKEN in Japan have developed a new type of plastic that’s ...

The Karnataka Health Department has banned the use of plastic sheets for steaming idlis as plastic use in food preparation is a serious public health hazard. “Plastic in food preparation is a serious ...

ENDING THE FORCED USE OF PAPER STRAWS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to end the procurement and forced use of paper straws. BRINGING BACK COMMON SENSE: The irrational ...

Whether looking to pamper yourself or grab a little gift for your BFF, sheet masks are an easy beauty buy that is sure to please. Equal parts skin care and self-care, a sheet mask probably won’t make ...

Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) have developed a durable plastic that won’t contribute to microplastic pollution in our oceans. The new material ...

Though ocean-borne plastic trash has a reputation as an indestructible, immortal environmental villain, scientists announced yesterday that some plastics actually decompose rapidly in the ocean. And, ...