The modular, flat black panels panel is the kind of wall-like material that’s used ... This slab, though, is made of melted waste plastic from the Detroit auto industry right here on Earth.

Plastics are a group of very important materials that have a wide variety of uses. Plastics can be engineered for specific uses by matching up the properties of the plastic to the job it will ...

WHOI researchers discovered that foamed CDA, a bioplastic, degrades 15 times faster in seawater, making it the fastest ...

Researchers have spent the last few years trying to find which type of plastic biodegrades the fastest in a marine ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

SC Johnson’s CEO confronts a “versatile” material that has propelled the family business and is also a “profound global ...

The secret behind the researchers’ innovative new material is replacing this lipid tail with tiny molecular fragments of a plastic, called polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF). PVDF is already well known ...

The bald fact is that most plastics are incredibly cheap to make. It’s hard to recycle inexpensive materials profitably because the margins are so low. Hence, why every scrap of gold will always ...

Discover a little-known yet highly effective way to repair a broken plastic bumper using common materials. This quick and ...

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