Over time, plastics break into smaller and smaller fragments called microplastics and — when they’re invisible to the naked eye — nanoplastics. The human body’s mechanisms ...

Instead of buying plastic seed-starting trays, consider using a soil-blocking kit to make your own vessels. The kit’s metal ...

Researchers have identified more than 600,000 microbial proteins capable of breaking down natural and synthetic plastics, ...

Scientists have identified over 600,000 microbial proteins that can break down plastics, revealing a nearly universal ability ...

Plastic has become one of the defining materials of modern civilization, and it turns out that extends well beyond our ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) are everywhere. These tiny particles—formed by abrasion, fragmentation, and open burning of plastics—are found in the ocean, the Arctic, Himalayan glaciers, air, ...

For WUWM's "Beats Me" series, a listener asked which plastics are recyclable in Wisconsin. Turns out, it varies depending on ...

Curbell expands nationwide U.S. reach in key industrial end markets, including five new locations on the West Coast.

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the ...

The deal expands Curbell's reach across western US and broadens customer portfolio, including in the medical, aerospace, and ...

A Covington-based manufacturer, New Tech Plastics, is expanding operations into Piqua by renovating an underutilized industrial facility to create 30 new jobs. New Tech Plastics ...

After weeks of nail-biting in Gaylord, longtime auto supplier Mayfair Plastics has a new owner and a future that, at least on ...