In a significant shift in trade policy, the United States last year imposed reciprocal tariffs on plastics imports from El Salvador and Guatemala, despite their inclusion in the Dominican ...

The adverse health consequences stemming from the global plastics system are projected to more than double by 2040, driven by greenhouse gases, air pollutants and toxic chemicals released throughout ...

A large-scale soft plastics recycling facility at Taree is processing most of Australia's recycled soft plastics and stockpiled waste from the failed REDcycle scheme. Processed soft plastic is sent to ...

Exhibit A Plastics LLC is expanding with a new 25,000-square-foot facility in Bainbridge, Ind., to make room for its 14 molding machines and future capacity. Exhibit A's machines are currently ...

Jonathan Baker does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Letters signed by five state attorneys general recently were sent to the U.S. Plastics Pact, GreenBlue and the Consumer Goods Forum, expressing “collective concern” that the organizations may be ...

John Jungjohann is president of Design Plastics Inc., a plastics processor based in Omaha, Neb. Founded in 1972, the company specializes in thermoforming, vacuum forming and injection molding.

Bamboo plastic sounds like a compelling eco-friendly material for a variety of applications, but its questionable durability and recyclability leave a lot to be desired. Researchers at Northeast ...

Ms. Chaudhuri is a journalist in London and the author of the forthcoming book “Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic.” In 1957, 92 percent of American children were potty-trained by 18 ...

Phthalates, chemicals found in plastics, are linked to an array of problems, especially in pregnancy Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable ...

After the conclusion of the failed INC-5.2 United Nations plastics treaty summit in August, negotiators went home without a plan for how to move forward, though a variety of approaches are being ...