Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The time of wooden cutting boards is long gone. They sure had a moment, but we are in the era of plastics now, and they seem to ...

When it comes to boat construction, all sorts of materials can take part in the assembly. Bigger vessels need heavy-duty structures to last, but even materials like polyethylene can make an excellent ...

Polyethylene (PE) is a semicrystalline polymer that is one of the most extensively manufactured polymers in the world for consumer products and packaging. Shopping bags, milk bottles, storage ...

North American prices for post-consumer low density polyethylene pellets have continued to increase in 2024. Sources in contact with Plastics News say recycled LDPE pellets have increased on average 3 ...

Polyethylene plastics — in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape — are notoriously hard to recycle. They’re sturdy and difficult to break down, and if they’re recycled at ...

European plastic recycling platform GreenDot Global recently announced the acquisition of two mechanical recycling facilities in Tence and Saint-Pal-de-Mons, France, operated by RG Group, that ...