Discover how SIFT-MS technology enables rapid, sensitive, and efficient detection of ethylene oxide in Polysorbate 80.

The other 12% of recycled plastic waste is processed using chemical recycling. Mechanical recycling is best for products made from a single ... raw materials such as ethylene and propylene from ...

Polyethylene glycols, or PEGs, are widespread, from cosmetics to medicine. But their persistence in the environment poses serious risks. Thanks to what’s called mass spectral imaging, scientists ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

Now, researchers reporting in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering have developed a simple, fraud-resistant technique to evaluate the recycled content of new plastic products. They added a ...

I had secured some alternatives to plastic products beforehand. Sponges for dish washing can break down into tiny microplastic pieces, so I bought a towel made of cotton on an online shopping site.

There are also the plastic resin codes with numbers from one to seven indicating what type of plastic the item is made off ...

Scientists recently created a never-before-seen four-atom molecule — the coldest of its kind ever made. Researchers created the oddball molecule — a strange configuration of sodium-potassium ...

Plastic made from seaweed and milk that doesn't come from a cow. These ideas are no longer fanciful science fiction. After promising in 2021 to only offer Australian-made paper bags at the ...

Consumers want something to be done about plastic pollution. Recycling is something. Therefore oil companies, manufacturers and retailers are doing it. The trouble is, many of these initiatives ...