Look out No. 5. That’s right, the nonprofit Recycling Partnership is talking to you polypropylene, aka No. 5 plastic. Turn over a yogurt container or butter tub and you’re likely to see the No. 5 mark ...

Certain plastics don’t like heat or long-term use.

As one of the most commonly used plastics in the world, polypropylene presents a global environmental problem because of issues related to its recycling. Researchers have developed a new way of ...

Research at West Virginia University is exploring whether microwave technology can recover high yields of propylene from polypropylene plastic scrap. Research by Yuxin Wang (pictured) at West Virginia ...

Polypropylene is once again being considered to be "widely recycled" by an on-package recycling information system that had previously downgraded the material. How2Recycle, a Sustainable Packaging ...

Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream, polyolefin plastic bags and bottles, into gases -- propylene and isobutylene -- that are ...

Polypropylene (PP) is an important packaging material that is sometimes overlooked and undervalued in the United States’ residential recycling stream. But that trend is rapidly changing, as the value ...

Starbucks customers across hundreds of locations in the United States started their weeks off with a surprise: Their beloved Frappuccinos and iced espresso drinks served in paper cups, not plastic.

By Abhirami G April 21 (Reuters) - Raw material costs for plastic used in fast-moving consumer goods, paints and personal care products have surged as much as 40% since the start of the Iran war, a ...