‘Xylene solubles’ (XS) is an established term indicating the percentage of soluble species in polypropylene homo- and o-polymers. This value is almost proportional to the amorphous content of the ...

A five-day experiment had just one rule: Do not use any disposable plastic waste. The campaign, undertaken by an Asahi Shimbun reporter, was aimed at exploring what individual Japanese citizens can do ...

Worries over a chemical that may seep out of some plastics has caused many consumers to abandon reusable water bottles. Now scientists might want to do the same thing with their test tubes. It seems ...

A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics that dominate the waste stream today and turn them into hydrocarbon building blocks for new plastics. The catalytic process, developed at the ...

For many years, people could safely assume the clear disposable containers that held their soda or iced coffee were made of polystyrene or polyethylene terephthalate (PET). But thanks to a new ...