The trajectory of prices for four of the five commodity resins — polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) — was trending flat-to-down for at least the early ...

In an article published in the journal Nature on Thursday, the researchers said that compared to their bulkier counterparts, their ultra-thin metal sheets – especially one-atom-thick bismuth ...

Factory-led economies are panicking about the steep new tariffs. Not the Philippines, which believes its role as a ...

Barbies and Cabbage Patch dolls defined the term “plastic people.” Today, each and every one of us is said to consume upwards to a credit card’s worth ...

New Delhi [India], March 31: JSR Traders, a name that comes to mind when wire mesh and metal mesh stand us, gets jubilated today to announce the comeback of its most popular products namely, ...

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Hundreds of Canadian workers, many in the steel and aluminum sectors, have been laid off as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, according to a major union and companies.

Boeing and its European rival Airbus are now looking to use thermoplastics to ramp up assembly times drastically for their next generation of airliners ...

The figure of more than 2.8 billion PET plastic bottles and aluminum cans returned in 2024 means the average person in Sweden recycled 271 such containers in 2024. Pantamera, operator of the Returpack ...

For now, it's not known exactly what properties these exotically thin metal sheets may have, but their relatively large sizes are said to create new possibilities for practical applications.

avoiding plastic tea bags, using metal or glass for cooking and storage, minimizing highly processed foods stored in plastic) and enhancing elimination may reduce accumulation in humans.” ...

University of Portsmouth provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths.