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Polyolefins, specifically polypropylene and polyethylene, are high-performance plastics obtained from propylene and ethylene. These materials are crucial in many different sectors because of their ...

Researchers have developed a more sustainable method to do the work required to make plastics that are comparable to widely used low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plastics. They say their method is ...

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 ...

A sustainable future means that there have to be drastic changes in design or disposal processes. Recycling of plastics is a process in manufacturing where, instead of being landfilled, products are ...

Polyethylene plastics -- single-use bags and general-purpose bottles -- are indestructable forever plastics. That also makes them hard to recycle. Chemists have found a way to break down the polymer - ...