Plastic deformation and joining processes have emerged as innovative solutions for connecting tubes in a variety of industrial applications. These methods utilise controlled plastic strain, rather ...

Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream, polyolefin plastic bags and bottles, into gases -- propylene and isobutylene -- that are ...

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Plastic rear hatchback doors have been used on Renault vehicles for a number of years [and also by rival Citroen, starting in 1982 with the BX] to reduce overall weight. Now the recently launched ...

In phase 1, specific microorganisms, like bacteria and fungi, colonize the surface of the plastic material. These microorganisms can either be present naturally in the environment or added ...

Graduate student RJ Conk adjusts a reaction chamber in which mixed plastics are degraded into the reusable building blocks of new polymers. A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics ...

We know that most plastics thrown into the recycling bin don’t get recycled, but what about the ones that do? According to new research, those also end up spitting bits of plastic back into the ...

Plastic waste is clogging up our rivers and oceans and causing long-lasting environmental damage that is only just starting to come into focus. But a new approach that combines biological and chemical ...

This content was paid for by an advertiser and created by Crain's Custom Content. When walking into any plastics processing plant, you’ll see a device called a temperature control unit, or TCU. A TCU ...

Only a small percentage of plastic bags and other polyethylene packaging is recycled because only low-value products can be made from this waste. Chemists have created a catalytic process that ...

While millions of tons of plastic are produced in the US each year, only around 9 percent is recycled, and that is largely due to the difficulties around reducing the material to useful building ...