This New Material Could Help Keep Microplastics Out of Our Food — and It’s Made of Milk

Safety tests for the new material are also promising, with microbial analysis finding that bacterial levels were within the ...

SMX Resets Plastic Economics-Lower Costs Start with Recycling

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / April 10, 2026 / As global conflict and geopolitical instability continue to ...

Made in America, for Real: Why Material Efficiency is Becoming a New Engine of U.S. Industrial Strength

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / April 14, 2026 / For American industry, material efficiency is no longer a ...
WDIO News

Plastic to pipes: UMD professor researches use for recyclables in drainage

A UMD professor is working to make drainage infrastructure more sustainable by using recycled plastics in pipes.
New Atlas

Impressive new plastic self-heals, can be recycled and feeds marine life

Japanese scientists have developed a new type of plastic that’s strong at room temperature, but can be easily broken down on demand into its base components. In seawater, it starts to break down into ...
PBS

Could this new material replace plastic?

Plantswitch, an NC startup company, has created a plant-based, bioplastic resin to replace plastic. Plantswitch, a North Carolina startup company, has created a bioplastic resin made from leftover ...
FoodNavigator

‘Plastic is yesterday’s material’: Sustainable packaging innovator Xampla on how it can allow global food and beverage brands to deliver ‘breakthrough’ new product ...

Meet Xampla, the British company innovating solutions for two separate industry challenges: plastic pollution and the protection of valuable vitamins and nutrients. Food-Navigator Europe caught up ...
New Atlas

Steel rebar may have met its match – in the form of wavy plastic

Who could possibly compare to Superman, the Man of Steel? Definitely not a man of plastic! Right? Wrong. Researchers at the ...