In this week's Material Insights, Editor Don Loepp explores Braskem's possible sale of three U.S. polypropylene plants and a recycling expansion project by Republic Services and Ravago in Pennsylvania ...

In an op-ed, NAPCOR Executive Director Laura Stewart urges negotiators of the global plastics treaty to focus on designing ...

The highest share price for July 31, 2025, was UFP Technologies Inc. of Newburyport, Mass., at $226.39. The biggest year-over ...

A late-night fire on Aug. 9 forced Continental Structural Plastics to suspend operations at its Carey, Ohio, manufacturing ...

Sailboats in a race in Lake Michigan in July nabbed water samples for a microplastics study between raising and lowering ...

With the end of the plastics treaty talks approaching in less than a week, countries warned in a blunt public session Aug. 9 ...

Some business and environmental groups warned Aug. 8 that the plastics treaty talks are at risk of stalling out, and they urged negotiators to push past what some called stalling tactics from major ...

No matter how the plastics treaty talks in Geneva conclude in the next week — deal or no deal, far-reaching accord or ...

A new bipartisan bill, the Plastic Health Research Act, would allocate $10 million a year from 2026 to 2030 to study the ...

The Recycled Materials Association and the Association of Plastic Recyclers have updated bale specifications for HDPE bottles ...

Braskem SA is in discussions with Brazilian rival Unipar Carbocloro SA over a potential $1 billion sale of polypropylene plants in Texas, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Provest Equity Partners has acquired Dallas-based Advanced Process Solutions, a precision plastics manufacturer serving ...