PN Live: How the UN treaty could change the global plastics industry

The UN plastics treaty talks are coming to a close, and the agreement seems certain to have big long-term impacts on the global plastics industry, especially resin production, single-use plastics ... Read More

A New Technology For Getting Rid Of ‘Forever Chemicals’

In this week's Current Climate newsletter, a new technology for getting rid of 'forever chemicals,' Adam Neumann's climate company is issuing crypto token refunds, and the election's impact on the ... Read More

Scientists create record-breaking solar technology that could solve major problem in the industry: 'Among the best reported to date'

It can easily be ramped up to industrial levels and can be affordably produced at that scale of production. Scientists create record-breaking solar technology that could solve major problem in the ... Read More

Borealis ties into carbon dioxide-to-plastics technology

European plastics and packaging producer says it ... manufactured at its Project Pathfinder facility in Corpus Christi, Texas. Commercial eNaphtha volumes are being shipped to Borealis’ Porvoo ... Read More

Plastics in Politics September 2024: California legislation and EPA’s position on chemical recycling

New plastics legislation in California and what the EPA’s new Safer Choice rules say — and don’t say — about mass balance and chemical recycling were key topics in the September Plastics in Politics ... Read More

The Biden-Harris Administration Shifts Policy on Global Plastics’ Production

Under the Biden-Harris administration, the United States, a leading global producer of plastics, will now back a global treaty ... Read More

What Technology Could Help Engineers

But it’s a field that thrives on precision and ... engineers increasingly rely on cutting-edge technology. These help to streamline their work processes, improve accuracy, and boost productivity. Read More

Judge rejects plastic industry’s fight against recycling probe

Two trade associations had asked the U.S. District Court in D.C. to block the California attorney general's subpoenas for documents. Read More

Paper bottles could help us get over our addiction to plastics, says Royal Society Industry Fellowship winner

Starting in September, Keddie and engineers at Pulpex will be working to develop a new coatings technology ... Keddie's Industry Fellowship aligns perfectly with this programme, with its focus ... Read More

Matium offers online plastics trading platform

There, the Matium founder says, he built a 10 million pounds-per-month book of plastics trading. Matium was created as a startup by Robin with the help ... chain. It’s been fascinating to see how this ... Read More

Bacteria make thermally stable plastics similar to polystyrene and PET for the first time

Bioengineers around the world have been working to create plastic-producing microbes that could replace the petroleum-based plastics industry ... particular," says Lee. "It's not quite as strong ... Read More

The ascendance of technology

Like many of its peer firms, it has plenty of work to do—and plenty more it could do ... for a firm in the 1990s. Only technology has allowed the profession to keep up, which begs the question: It's ... Read More