It’s estimated that, since the 1950s, humanity has produced 8.3 billion tons of plastic. Almost 80% of this is sitting in landfill, or has been left to clog our seas, cities and countryside. By 2050, ...

From its early beginnings during and after World War II, the commercial industry for polymers–long-chain synthetic molecules of which “plastics” are a common misnomer–has grown rapidly. In 2015, over ...

The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), Washington, says increasing supply and enhancing the quality of the plastics recycling stream are two primary goals of an updated resource guide the ...

Injection-molded plastic part design is a lot like parenting. The job falls into your lap, you have zero qualifications, and yet, you are supposed to do it perfectly while blindfolded. It's difficult ...

Recruitment and human resources firm Listgrove Ltd. (Warwickshire, UK) reports continued intense demand for design skills in plastics and for the right kind of innovators to help drive the industry ...

SAP’s ‘Plastic Cloud’ project leverages the power of technology to turn the tide on ocean plastics. The idea is to collect existing and live data from across the plastics supply chain to spark new ...

Milk Jug, produced by VEB Preßwerk Tambach and designed by IEE (1960-1964) (© Die Neue Sammlung - the Design Museum, A. Laurenzo) Klaus Kunis, "Flower watering cans ...

Plastic that behaves like a sturdy fork on your picnic table and then quietly melts back into the soil sounds like science ...

Threaded and nonthreaded conventional plastic fasteners have the same dimensional thread class and fit standards as those for metal fasteners. Sizes range from 00 to in. in diameter and in lengths up ...