Environmental stress cracking in high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes is a critical phenomenon that undermines the structural integrity and service life of essential infrastructure systems. This ...

Researchers are adding to their list of consumer products that contain PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), a toxic class of fluorine compounds known as 'forever chemicals.' In a new study, ...

Public health groups are continuing to push the US Environmental Protection Agency to ban a fluorination process that improves the barrier properties of high-density polyethylene plastic containers.

Sandwich bags, milk jugs, and other plastic items made from polyethylene could find new life as upgraded materials. A reaction that converts the popular polymer’s C–H bonds to C–N bonds and works on ...

The China-based UPT Group Inc. says it has completed a deal to purchase a vacant building in Montezuma, Georgia, in Macon County. The company expects to undertake repairs at the site to convert it ...

Veolia UK, a subsidiary of France-based Veolia, has acquired a plastics reprocessing plant near London that it says “will unlock the complete supply chain for manufacturing plastic bottles from ...

Recycling can be frustrating. Many haulers only accept certain types of plastic (typically those labeled No. 1 or 2). But a nonprofit in Washington County has found a way to take a large amount of ...

WASHINGTON -- Full-year 2012 results were positive for PVC and high density polyethylene sales in the U.S. and Canada, but less so for other commodity resins. MEXICO CITY -- The president of Mexico's ...