Plastic
Stroke patients have high levels of microplastics in the plaque clogging their arteries, researchers find - Business Insider
Microscopic plastic levels far higher in those who suffer strokes, study finds - upi.com
'Very shocking' microplastics discovery in stroke victims - New York Post
Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it - PBS
Shoppers reflect on the 5th year of New York’s plastic bag ban - wbng.com
Microplastics Are Everywhere—Scientists Share Which Plastic Kitchen Gadgets They Want You to Replace - EatingWell
Single-use plastic bags, banned from Erie Giant Eagle stores 3 years ago, have returned - Erie Times-News
EU agrees on new rules to stem plastic pellet pollution, but enforcement gaps remain - ehn.org
Plastic Industry
Across-the-board Tariffs Harmful to Plastics Industry, Says Seaholm - PlasticsToday
Plastics industry pushes for streamlined EPR in California - Plastics News
Complexities of the global plastics supply chain revealed in a trade-linked material flow analysis - Nature
Inside the Plastic Industry’s Battle to Win Over Hearts and Minds - The New York Times
Coca-Cola under fire after bombshell report exposes ties to controversial industry: 'The cost is irreversible damage to our children's health' - Yahoo
Medical Plastics Market Share, Trends, and Growth Forecast | Scope By 2032 - openPR.com
The Department of Energy’s ties to the plastics industry raise conflict concerns - ehn.org
Plastics Industry Association And America’s Plastic Makers® Thank Senator Capito For Continued Leadership And Applaud Introduction Of Recycling Infrastructure Legislation - textileworld.com
California banned polystyrene. Has the plastic industry spooked the governor into silence? - Los Angeles Times
Plastic Packaging
Study reveals progress and barriers in PCR content goals - Recycling Product News
Stories - Amazon Sustainability
Elgin council to consider ordinance to ban retailers from using plastic bags - Chicago Tribune
Single-use plastic bags, banned from Erie Giant Eagle stores 3 years ago, have returned - Erie Times-News
PCR use still dogged by pricing challenges: report - Packaging Dive
An easier-to-recycle plastic? MSU researchers are testing options - Lansing State Journal
North America Blow Molded Plastics Market Size & Share, 2033 - Market Data Forecast
Food Storage Container Market Size to Culminate USD 247.29 Bn by 2034 | Expert Analysis - GlobeNewswire
I tracked my trash for one week. Here’s what I swapped to cut out single-use plastic - CNN
Plastics Engineering
Larry Acquarulo ’81 - Innovates in Medical Plastics - UMass Lowell
AIM and PennWest Partner to Launch Plastics Injection Molding Degree Program - PlasticsToday
Iowa State engineers aim to ease recycling of plastics, textiles - Iowa State University
Stretchable, flexible, recyclable. This plastic is fantastic - Princeton Engineering
Catalytic deconstruction of organic additive-containing plastics - Nature
UA Engineer Pioneers New Process for Recycling Plastics - UA News Center
Are you getting laid off from Plaskolite in Sheffield? Pittsfield Plastics is growing and says it might have a job for you - The Berkshire Eagle
Awarded by the Society for Plastics Engineers (SPE) and American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) - Business Wire
$100,000 grant will advance Behrend study of smallest plastics - Penn State University
Bioplastic
Guestwords: Are Bioplastics ‘Green’? - The East Hampton Star
U.S. Bioplastic Market to Thrive with Innovations in Material Properties and Government Support - openPR.com
Can These Bioplastic Cups Reduce Plastic Waste in Event Spaces? - TriplePundit
The Future of Plastics Lies in Bioplastics and Advanced Biotechnology - AZoM
UConn Researchers Partner with Bioplastics Company to Examine Biodegradable Plastics - UConn Today
Scientists discover fastest degrading bioplastic in seawater - Phys.org
Combating micro/nano plastic pollution with bioplastic: Sustainable food packaging, challenges, and future perspectives - ScienceDirect.com
Inside the debate over PLA, the packaging industry’s favorite bioplastic - Packaging Dive
Global Bioplastics Market to Reach USD 98 Billion by 2035, - GlobeNewswire
Plastic Recycling
Construction set to begin on new South Sioux City road made entirely out of recycled plastic - KTIV
Where single-stream recycling really goes—and why most plastic doesn’t make it - Fast Company
A new way to recycle plastic is here - The Economist
‘Fossil fuels in another form’: Plastic recycling rate stagnates at under 10%, report finds - Euronews.com
Should we give up on recycling plastic? - New Scientist
Just 9.5% of plastic made in 2022 used recycled material, study shows | Plastics - The Guardian
Large plastic and battery recycling projects hit by DOE loan pause, tariffs - Waste Dive
Scientists break down plastic using a simple, inexpensive catalyst and air - Phys.org
Royal Credit Union donates money to Feed My People for a plastic recycling hub - WEAU