What does design thinking plastics for a future of sustainability mean? In Design Thinking Plastics Part 1, Tony Chambers, Founder of TC & Friends and former editor-in-chief of Wallpaper, delves into ...

Plastic taxes are forcing packaging companies to rethink materials, design, and compliance as global regulations tighten and ...

The Plastics Industry Association (Plastics), Washington, recently announced the winners of its 2026 Sustainability ...

Sustainability and the COVID-19 pandemic both are playing roles in application development for plastic products. Global packaging firm Greif Inc. is using more post-consumer resin in its plastic ...

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 ...

Discussions by organizations promoting a circular, cradle-to-cradle, sustainable plastics economy often address packaging and single-use materials, not engineering plastics and polymers. That's ...

Design engineers face continuous pressure to enhance product performance while driving down costs. For many devices, converting metal components to plastic is an effective way of achieving both goals.

Very few plastics can be recycled without a loss in performance or aesthetics because of the various additives, like dyes, fillers or flame retardants, in them. However, a team of researchers at the U ...