What if the life cycle of the plastic bottle was circular? Where a used plastic bottle was returned to its original components, ready to be made into a new plastic bottle instead of possibly ending up ...

A research team has demonstrated that a material called a metal-organic framework (MOF) is a stable and selective catalyst for breaking down polyester-based plastic into its component parts. Only ...

A method for manufacturing high-density polyethylene (HDPE) bottles has been introduced by Polyplastics, Colgate-Palmolive, and Plastics Technology International (PTI), promising significant ...