US producers of polyethylene — a common plastic used in everything from packaging to containers — are buying more of a key ingredient, ethylene, in a sign that manufacturers are working to take ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Numerous plastic containers and garbage can be seen in an overflowing garbage can at Gaertnerplatz in the evening. There is still ...

Middle East tensions disrupt global resin markets, creating supply shortages and soaring prices for PE and PP polymers.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As delegates from 184 countries begin talks in Geneva on a global treaty to curb plastic waste and pollution, the negotiations ...

A new paper run in Communications Earth & Environment titled “Complexities of the global plastics supply chain revealed in a trade-linked material flow analysis,” shows that “Globally, 436.66 million ...

The "Paris agreement for plastic" was set to be finalized at the end of this week. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. But after a week and a half of intense discussions ...

“Deadlocked” . . . “at cliff’s edge” . . . “nearing collapse” . . . “total disarray” . . . the headlines coming out of the United Nations–led ...

Food powerhouses Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever are among those left reeling after negotiations failed to finalise a global treaty on plastic pollution. The treaty had been years in the making, ...

The world's addiction to plastic is a 'global public health crisis', a researcher warned - Copyright AFP/File Angelos TZORTZINIS The world's addiction to plastic is a ...