A new Europe-focused study reveals that polyethylene (PE), the most widely used packaging material in Europe, has lower life cycle global warming potential (GWP)—often used to assess greenhouse gas ...

In June 2026, Dow Inc. and Univar Solutions entered a long-term agreement for Univar to distribute Dow’s Decarbia low‑carbon ...

Experts have developed a way of using polyethylene waste (PE) as a feedstock and converted it into valuable chemicals, via light-driven photocatalysis. PE is the most widely used plastic in the world ...

I recently talked with some U.K. students who believe a solution to reducing plastic waste is to plant polystyrene. The central aim of the project is to try to isolate the genes that encode the ...

Polyethylene (PE) is one of the most widely used and versatile plastic materials globally, prized for its cost-effectiveness, lightweight properties and ease of formability. These characteristics make ...

New York, Sept. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Global Polyethylene Market: Analysis By Demand, By Production, By Product Density, By Application, By ...

Today’s plastic grocery bag could be tomorrow’s high-tech track suit, thanks to fabric made from polyethylene—the same polymer that is used to make plastic wrap. Analyses suggest that the fabric could ...

Polyethylene plastics -- single-use bags and general-purpose bottles -- are indestructable forever plastics. That also makes them hard to recycle. Chemists have found a way to break down the polymer - ...

The global high-density polyethylene market will grow from $91.73 billion in 2022 to $100.99 billion in 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.1%. The HDPE market is expected to grow from ...

In nanofibres, the defect density will decrease, because inherently larger defects such as voids, impurities or large entanglement regions are less likely to be present. Because these types of defects ...

Polyethylene glycol was more effective than placebo in treating functional constipation in children and might be more effective than lactulose. Polyethylene glycol showed higher treatment success than ...