Researchers have synthesized a bio-inspired polymer for water purification. The polymer was designed to mimic phytochelatin, a plant protein that selectively captures and neutralizes harmful heavy ...

Avantium, a company specialising in renewable and circular polymer materials, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tereos, a producer of sugar, starch, alcohol, and bioethanol, ...

Cellulose, abundantly available from plant biomass, can be converted into molecules used to make a new class of recyclable polymers, to sustainably replace some plastics. Researchers at Hokkaido ...

CC Polymers has declined to move forward with a city proposal to acquire its desalination facility, one of many deals the city had hoped would help address Corpus Christi's water emergency.

A new plastic made from plant proteins could replace single-use plastics made from fossil fuels. Research published this week in Nature Communications described how scientists at the University of ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - A first-of-its-kind polymer center is projected to process 100 million pounds of plastic this year. The plant opened in December and has been processing plastic bottles and ...

Because of the plant’s earlier successes, Intertape Polymer tasked Tremonton with increasingly difficult-to-produce materials ...

Compounder Polymer Resources Ltd. has completed a major expansion of its plant in Rochester, N.Y. The expansion will increase the site's annual production capacity by 40 percent, officials with ...

Recent studies have identified that the global aggregation of macro-plastic waste is one of the most pressing environmental concerns, having an impact on all living forms, ecological processes, and ...

MONACA, Pa. — Since its launch in November, the Shell Polymers plant in Monaca, Beaver County has faced severe backlash from members of the community and watchdog groups like Eyes on Shell. “What ...

A research team of a German-Japanese University Network, HeKKSaGOn, takes inspiration from nature, creating a polymer that selectively removes toxic heavy metal ions from water Osaka, Japan – Clean ...