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The INC-5 summit in Busan advanced the Global Plastics Treaty; Geneva 2025 aims to resolve key issues like production limits and funding.

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.

Plastics Engineering honors Glenn Beall’s remarkable journey, highlighting his deep impact on design, education, and industry collaboration.

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.

Moving from the margins to the mainstream—why designing for disability creates universal solutions that benefit everyone.

Smart hydrogels are evolving from lab concepts to real-world tools, showing trends in biomedicine, robotics, and sustainable applications.

Solvent-responsive hydrogel enables reversible, high-resolution data storage, encryption, and decryption with rapid switching and mechanical durability.

Victoria’s approach to banning plastics provides a strong, scalable model for shaping national and international environmental policy.

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