Discussions by organizations promoting a circular, cradle-to-cradle, sustainable plastics economy often address packaging and single-use materials, not engineering plastics and polymers. That's ...

"UMass Lowell is among the nation's leading centers for plastics technology, and its Plastics Engineering program...is helping to push new boundaries of how these versatile materials are used, ...

Barcode readers excel at quickly identifying groceries and other products. Could a similar idea work at industrial recycling ...

Emily Gowdey-Backus, director of media relations, Emily_GowdeyBackus@uml.edu Nancy Cicco, assistant director of media relations, Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu An innovator in developing more sustainable and ...

At roughly three times the size of France, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the planet’s most glaring scar from our dependency on plastic. “You hear about global warming and how plastics have a bad ...

Two faculty researchers from the Department of Plastics Engineering have won grants for projects that aim to reduce the amount of plastic that ends up in landfills and the environment each year. Prof.

Each year, more than 380 million tons of plastics are produced globally. Less than 10% of these plastics are reused or recycled, leading to significant accumulation and waste, not to mention the ...

Plastic bags can’t go in household recycling bins – here’s what to do instead - In 2018 alone, over 3 million tons of plastic bags, sacks, and wraps in the United States were sent to landfills ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ICG, the global alternative asset manager, today announced that its North American Direct Private Equity team has completed the acquisition of Seaway Plastics Engineering ...

Indianapolis — Enrollment at many college and university plastics programs around the country is falling dramatically, and educators are blaming a one-two punch of COVID-19 and society's growing ...