An international team led by a Japanese researcher says it has developed a new type of plastic that is durable but breaks ...

Birch Plastics Inc. has ramped up production of recycled polypropylene compounds, responding to growing demand for ...

Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment produced 132m tonnes of it, analysis finds ...

An investigation from Greenpeace accuses members of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste of producing over 1,000 times more ...

The global foamed polypropylene films market is poised for significant growth, with an estimated market value of USD 8.9 billion in 2023, projected to reach USD 16.2 billion by 2033. The market is ...

Research at West Virginia University is exploring whether microwave technology can recover high yields of propylene from polypropylene plastic scrap. Research by Yuxin Wang (pictured) at West Virginia ...

The coalition’s report says its strategic investments have helped increase recycled PP collection by 64 million pounds a year ...

PureCycle Technology presents a major development in recycling capabilities, and focusing on polypropylene is especially notable. It’s the second-most used plastic in the world, yet only 1 ...

Total and Dow have produced 132 million tonnes of two forms of plastic, polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) over the ...

Tackling Tough Plastics One of the major challenges with polyethylene and polypropylene plastics is their stability. Unlike ...

A financially struggling advanced plastic recycling company agreed to pay $52.3 million over 15 years to lease a mega ...