Geneva — Virgin resin production caps remain in the mix in the global plastics treaty talks, but there are signs at the start of the final round in Geneva that any path to be part of any final deal ...

Ottawa, Ontario — The debate over resin production caps is again surfacing in the plastics treaty talks as environmental groups and allied countries renew a push for them while plastics companies and ...

Regional conflict threatens chemical exports through Strait of Hormuz while US producers gain competitive advantage over rivals.

To wood or not to wood, that's been the question! Ever since oil-based plastics burst onto the manufacturing scene, cost, ...

PALATINE, Illinois – November 2025 – JDI Plastics released its year-end update on supply conditions, highlighting how shifting U.S. tariff policies and a stronger holiday production cycle shaped ...

A wave of peer-reviewed research now shows that resins derived from plants and wood can match or exceed the mechanical ...

Plastics manufacturing employment stays steady as consumer demand supports sector growth amid tariffs and high interest rates ...

Flames shoot out across an area bigger than a football field, and the glare can be seen in the sky for miles. The sound is like hundreds of thousands of gas burners in concert, and a terrible smell ...

In the time it takes you to read this sentence — say, four seconds — the world produces nearly 60 metric tons of plastic, almost entirely out of fossil fuels. That’s about 53,000 metric tons an hour, ...

Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal has reinstated plastics as toxic under federal environmental regulations.

This was for the first time that the “end-of-life fate” of plastic around the globe, which had ever been manufactured, had been calculated. The authors did so by collating data on production, use, and ...

JINHUA CITY, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA, March 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The disposable tableware sector has ...