The global polyethylene market, valued at USD 118.5 billion in 2024, is anticipated to surge to USD 197.3 billion by 2034, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.2% during the forecast ...

Opportunities in high-density polyethylene include innovations in packaging, pipes, and multilayer materials. The U.S. and China lead in patent activity, revealing potential growth in polyolefin ...

An international team of experts undertaking fundamental research has developed a way of using polyethylene waste (PE) as a feedstock and converted it into valuable chemicals, via light-driven ...

Polyethylene plastics—in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape—are notoriously hard to recycle. They're sturdy and difficult to break down, and if they're recycled at all, ...

MIT engineers made a new stretchy yarn out of polyethylene, the same plastic used in milk jugs and grocery bags, instead of spandex blends that can’t be recycled. The new yarn can be melted down and ...

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 ...

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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 ...

After a closet cleanout, what options are there for recyling our old threads? Not many. Apart from bringing used clothes to a ...

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 - ...