Two faculty researchers from the Department of Plastics Engineering have won grants for projects that aim to reduce the amount of plastic that ends up in landfills and the environment each year. Prof.

At roughly three times the size of France, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the planet’s most glaring scar from our dependency on plastic. “You hear about global warming and how plastics have a bad ...

Ferris State University's plastics program may be in just the right place at the right time to play a big part in developing future electric vehicles. Earlier this month, Gotion Inc., a ...

Each year, more than 380 million tons of plastics are produced globally. Less than 10% of these plastics are reused or recycled, leading to significant accumulation and waste, not to mention the ...

Mac Chen and Ed Gadasu had the same considerations when it came to their senior design project: they wanted something to round out their studies of the materials field and something that felt ...

Plastics education and employment came together for 11 students at the University of Wisconsin-Stout to create, research and present projects using recycled plastics at molder Evco Plastics. Students ...

At a New Hampshire facility, agricultural plastics are compacted together. Photo courtesy Guy Crosby/Community News Service Natalie Bankmann is a reporter for the Community News Service, part of the ...

PITTSFIELD — When much of the world went into lockdown during the pandemic, the impact on many businesses was devastating. One exception was outdoor recreation, which experienced a significant growth ...

Plastic pollution impacts the poorest and most vulnerable most acutely, with solutions requiring partnership between public and private sectors. A new World Bank Outcome Bond mobilizes private capital ...

Rochester Institute of Technology will host Plastics Night from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on April 19 in the McGowan Commons in RIT’s College of Applied Science and Technology. This is the second year of ...

In the U.S., most plastics waste is disposed in landfills, but a significant amount also ends up as litter on land, rivers, and oceans. Today, less than 10 percent of plastics waste is recycled in the ...