Polyethylene plastics — in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape — are notoriously hard to recycle. They’re sturdy and difficult to break down, and if they’re recycled at ...
Dublin, Feb. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) World, Regions and Countries Market Analysis 2019-2024 and Outlook to 2034" report has been added to ...
US producers of polyethylene — a common plastic used in everything from packaging to containers — are buying more of a key ...
Ottawa, Feb. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global certified-circular polyethylene (PE) market generated revenue of USD 1.67 billion in 2025, and this figure is projected to grow to USD 4.73 billion ...
Experts have developed a way of using polyethylene waste (PE) as a feedstock and converted it into valuable chemicals, via light-driven photocatalysis. PE is the most widely used plastic in the world ...
Bio-PE is derived from biological sources like sugarcane instead of petroleum. The manufacturing process begins with extracting ethanol from sugarcane, which is then dehydrated to produce ethylene, ...
When it comes to boat construction, all sorts of materials can take part in the assembly. Bigger vessels need heavy-duty structures to last, but even materials like polyethylene can make an excellent ...
Building products company says it consumed nearly 170,000 tons of plastic scrap last year. Trex both consumed and helped collect polyethylene film scrap in 2022, saying it consumed some 170,000 tons ...
A fungus living in the sea can break down the plastic polyethylene, provided it has first been exposed to UV radiation from sunlight. Researchers expect that many more plastic degrading fungi are ...