Chemical additions to plastic that mimic natural polymers like DNA can create materials that break down in days, months or years rather than littering the environment for centuries. Researchers hope ...

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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 ...

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 ...

MICHAEL PHELAN, a famous billiards player and supplier, lamented in 1858 that the growing popularity of the game had made the ivory needed for the balls scarce and costly. “If any inventive genius ...

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 ...

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 ...