On top of that, black plastic is a notoriously difficult color to sort for recycling, and most of it gets rejected. To meet the demand for material to make new goods, black plastic from recycled ...

In a recent article, researchers explored the use of Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases (LPMOs) to enhance PETase activity ...

Magnetic materials are materials studied and used mainly for their magnetic properties. The magnetic response of a materials is largely determined by the magnetic dipole moment associated with the ...

This move closely follows a host of chocolate and confectionery swaps away from plastic into paper-based wrappers with ...

Secondly, unlike the plastics that are polluting the planet and our bodies, the materials are biodegradable in water and even the compost bin. "Right now we use a lot of conventional ...

By 2025, this pile of plastic is predicted to reach 40 billion tons. Globally, about 33 % of the material deposited in landfills consists of polystyrene (PS), which is widely used in packaging and ...

They're actually made from melted-down plastic waste from Detroit's auto industry, giving new life to materials that would otherwise end up in landfills. "We had this idea that waste plastic could ...

Washington — A second Donald Trump administration seems certain to bring changes to Washington on environmental and trade policy that impact the plastics industry. The most immediate may be how ...

Materials chemistry involves the use of chemistry for the design and synthesis of materials with interesting or potentially useful physical characteristics, such as magnetic, optical, structural ...

Bio-based fibres could pose greater threat to the environment than conventional plastics Scientists have suggested that materials being advocated as alternatives to plastic should be tested thoroughly ...

But there are still huge technological challenges to overcome before getting there, and some of them have to do with materials. Fusion reactors need materials that can be used at the interface ...