The logistics sector remains heavily dependent on polyethylene films for pallet covers, ULD protection, and stretch wrapping, ...

Trex Co.’s NexTrex Grassroots Movement aims to expand plastic film collection to partners who receive lower volume drop offs. Trex Co. is working to expand its polyethylene film collection efforts for ...

A new method developed by researchers has succeeded in extending the shelf life of strawberries. Researchers tested five low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films, each infused with solutions containing ...

When we think of graphene, we tend to think of its use in high-profile applications such as electronics, medical devices and construction materials. Now, however, it's been incorporated into an ...

Polyethylene (PE) is a semicrystalline polymer that is one of the most extensively manufactured polymers in the world for consumer products and packaging. Shopping bags, milk bottles, storage ...

Plastic film has been notoriously difficult to recycle. The material is excluded from many curbside recycling programs because of its reputation as a “tangler,” as plastic film can get caught in ...

Dow has agreed to acquire Circulus, a recycler that can process 50,000 metric tons (t) of plastics per year at plants in Oklahoma and Alabama. Dow says it was attracted to Circulus’s ability to ...

Polymer processing aids and stabilizer systems for polyethylene resins are enabling this most widely-used polymer to expand from simple commodity applications into higher-performance sectors not ...

HOUSTON, Feb. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OQ is utilizing Univation Technologies' UNIPOL™ PE Process for its two 440,000 TPY polyethylene (PE) plants located within the Liwa Plastics Industrial Complex in ...