The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP, Banbury / UK; www.wrap.org.uk) has made a GBP 1.15m (EUR 1.5m) loan to Eco Plastics (Hemswell, Lincolnshire / UK; www.ecoplasticsltd.com) to enable it to ...

Learn more below about eight typical plastic products that you can easily trade out, so you can do your part in reducing the widespread demand for polymer materials and minimize ... when working with ...

ORNL’s invention may change plastic’s environmental fate by rearranging polymeric building blocks to customize the properties of plastics. Molecular subunits link to produce polymer chains that can ...

While the polymer is not adhesive when made that way, his lab was able to chemically re-engineer its structure to now deliver ... alternatives to today's plastic materials. He said that while ...

"We made a completely new polymer structure," said Northwestern's William Dichtel, the study's corresponding author. "It's similar to chainmail in that it cannot easily rip because each of the ...

A structure of the Pd-based initiators was devised, leading to success in improving their activity for C1 polymerization. For example, it is now possible to prepare high molecular weight polymers ...

The team believes that the structure was in use until the 8th century BCE, the middle of the period when the Kings of Judah ruled. A scarab seal from the 8th century BCE uncovered during the ...

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Unlike traditional materials, these polymers can be reprocessed without compromising their mechanical strength-overcoming one of the most significant hurdles in plastic recycling. This ...

Traditional thermosets, prized for their durability, are notoriously difficult to recycle due to their permanently crosslinked structure ... plastic waste's environmental toll. From consumer goods to ...

There’s yet more evidence that exposure to plastics can be harmful to health. Recent research indicates that black plastic found in items like food containers, kitchen utensils, and toys often ...

Guangdong Key Laboratory for Hydrogen Energy Technologies, School of Materials and Energy, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, PR China ...