In comparison, a crystalline polymer has an systematized, “crystal-like” structure, but also comprises of amorphous material. It is usually known as a semi-crystalline thermoplastic material. These ...

That’s because recycled plastic retains some of its previous properties—like Lego bricks that can’t be separated. The next plastic you make won’t be exactly the same type, and the recycled ...

Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic ends up in landfills ... what’s called a multiblock polymer. Just by adjusting how much of each polymer type goes into the multiblock polymer ...

Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic end up in landfills ... what’s called a multiblock polymer. Just by adjusting how much of each polymer type goes into the multiblock polymer ...

Researchers have found a bacterium in the debris fields around a recycling plant in Japan that can feed off a common type ... plastics are large chains of repeating molecules called polymers.

Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic ends up in landfills ... what’s called a multiblock polymer. Just by adjusting how much of each polymer type goes into the multiblock polymer ...

The world is producing a record amount of single-use plastic waste, mostly made from polymers created from fossil fuels, despite global efforts to reduce plastic pollution and carbon emissions ...