Boca Raton, July 26--US Plastic Lumber, Corp. has filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the ...

"I travel a lot and it's in every country. I've been to China, I've been all over Europe and recycled plastic lumber is everywhere," he told Rutgers University's Rutgers Today. Nosker and his team ...

The recycled plastic lumber that Rutgers Professor Thomas Nosker invented decades ago is now used all over the world in bridges, railway ties, docks and picnic tables. It’s less dense than water, yet ...

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Negotiators are gathering in Busan, South Korea, this week in a final push to forge a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution. “We must end plastic pollution before plastic ...

That black plastic spatula in your kitchen drawer? It may be time to toss it. Recently, there’s been lots of buzz about the dangers of cooking with black plastic utensils — think spoons ...

The aim is to produce a legally binding treaty that will address the world’s plastic pollution problem by tackling the material throughout its full lifecycle. National delegations still have ...

Starting Monday, more than 170 countries will converge in Busan, Republic of Korea, to negotiate a new legally binding global treaty to end plastic pollution, including marine pollution. This is the ...

Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trump’s election, could scuttle an agreement. By Hiroko ...

The final plastic, alkyl SP 2, was made by drying what remained in the thick viscous liquid layer. The "desalting" turned out to be the critical step; without it, the resulting dried material was ...

In March 2022, at the resumed fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2), a historic resolution was adopted to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, ...

Documents leaked from an industry group show how plastics companies are pushing back against a “tide of anti-plastic sentiment.” By Hiroko Tabuchi Paid influencers on TikTok. An infomercial ...