As one of the most commonly used plastics in the world, polypropylene presents a global environmental problem because of issues related to its recycling. Researchers have developed a new way of ...

Research at West Virginia University is exploring whether microwave technology can recover high yields of propylene from polypropylene plastic scrap. Research by Yuxin Wang (pictured) at West Virginia ...

The prohibition comes as the state reaches a settlement with plastic bag manufacturers accused of making misleading ...

Discarded plastic is everywhere, mucking up natural and developed environments alike. Australian scientists say they’ve discovered two varieties of fungi that will eat away at the problem. In a study ...

"For others, it has come to connote an inexpensive, resilient, easy to attain carryall that encapsulates the movement of ...

Milliken introduced Millad ClearX 9000, a next-gen clarifying tech for PP that delivers ultra-clear transparency with lower ...

How bad could one or two utensils used for just minutes a day actually be? It's a risk that's probably not worth taking.

The European plastics producer says a global carmaker is using two of its recycled-content polypropylene resins.

Plastic recycling labels are everywhere: The ubiquitous “chasing arrows” symbol adorns everything from plastic bags and water bottles to kids’ toys. Most commonly, these symbols appear with a number — ...

The plastic recycler sees using PP imports from the United States as a strategic move to help win international customers and ...