Thermoset plastics contain polymers that form irreversible chemical bonds that make strong products that cannot be remelted: vulcanized rubber for tires, Bakelite kitchenware, jewelry and circuit ...

"At ExxonMobil Chemical, Sunny has made enormous contributions as a research scientist, section supervisor, supply chain planner and as a principal scientist and intellectual property adviser for ...

Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that CDA is the fastest degrading type of plastic in seawater – technically classified as a bioplastic – and with ...

New research has detected high levels of flame retardants in some toys, kitchen utensils and other household items made from recycled black plastic. But the potential health effects remain unclear.

Since dolphins and humans inhale similar plastic particles, dolphins may be at risk for the same lung problems. As top predators with decades-long life spans, bottlenose dolphins help scientists ...

Impact Plastics and its CEO, Gerald O'Connor, have been sued by the family of one of its Tennessee employees who was killed by catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. The wrongful death ...

The process transforms polyurethane mattress foam into polymer pellets. The end product can be used for a wide variety of ... where proprietary machinery is used to trigger dynamic covalent bond ...

The state has a point. Some of the promises that have been made about chemical recycling, which is used to deal with more tightly bonded thermosetting plastics, appear to have been overly optimistic.