Our brains are increasingly plastic. Minuscule shards and flakes of polymers are surprisingly abundant in brain tissue, a study of postmortem brains shows.

Tiny fragments of plastic are passing the blood-brain barrier and into human brains, and the amount of microplastics in the ...

Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS) has entered into a reciprocal membership agreement with Belgian non-profit organisation ...

The alliance aims to expand recycling access for polystyrene and drive higher recycling rates.

It turns out that the black plastic lid atop your coffee cup has a superpower. And the Stache Lab at Princeton Chemistry, ...

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) announced the formation of the Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA), marking a ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...

Researchers have discovered that carbon black in black plastic enables efficient recycling when exposed to focused light. The ...

Mexico's national plastics industry association, Anipac, is engaging with legislators who are planning to ban single-use ...

In 2023, the Oregon legislature passed Senate Bill 543, which bans many uses of polystyrene foam (commonly known by its brand name, Styrofoam) in ...

Research scientist Hong Lu’s team at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center produced ethylbenzene, a key SAF additive, ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...