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K 2025 preview unveils cutting-edge plastics tech: low-carbon materials, advanced recycling, smart thermoplastics, and EV-ready polycarbonates.

Costa Rica, already a leader in medical device exports, is emerging as a key global hub for high-performance plastic components.

SABIC, BASF, and Braskem are using certified-renewable plastics to reshape supply chains with drop-in, low-carbon, ISCC PLUS-certified solutions.

This is the second in a two-part series discussing adjusting your injection molding process to incorporate PCR.

When two surfaces rub, static electricity builds as electrons move from one material to another during the contact and separation.

EPR laws across US states apply different material definitions, recyclability criteria, and PCR targets, making packaging design a key factor in determining compliance fees.

Carbon black pigments blocked NIR sorting, hindering black plastic recycling, but new industry innovations are now solving the issue.

Researchers are trying a different approach to composite building materials by using sand as filler and polypropylene waste as a binder.

With Project 2025 underway, what is the bio-based polymer research and development trajectory?

Smart nanocomposites based on PLA and ZnO push bioplastics closer to real-world performance, offering strength, thermal stability, and sustainability in one simple film.

New research reveals how optimizing PVC formulations and extrusion parameters can slash energy costs by up to 60% while maintaining product quality.

Breakthrough tech turns waste plastics into carbon materials for energy storage, powering supercapacitors, batteries, and hydrogen production.