Braskem has plans to expand ethylene and polyethylene production at its Rio de Janeiro facility in Brazil. A mega investment ...

Note: Eastman Chemical Company’s first “molecular recycling” facility is now fully operational in Kingsport. It uses a process called methanolysis to reduce hard-to-recycle waste plastic to its ...

NEW YORK, July 19 (Reuters) - Dow Chemical Co. , the largest U.S. chemical maker, announced on Thursday a joint venture with Brazilian ethanol maker Crystalsev to make plastic from sugar cane. Sign up ...

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Braskem, the leading global biopolymer producer, and SCG Chemicals, a leading petrochemical company in Thailand and Southeast Asia, have signed a joint venture ...

A study from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory finds that, in 2019, production of virgin plastic spewed about 2.24 billion metric tons (t) of carbon dioxide equivalent into the atmosphere, or 5.3% ...

OTTAWA, April 30 (Reuters) - Negotiations on a future global treaty to tackle soaring plastic pollution ran overtime into Tuesday morning amid tense debates over whether the world should seek to limit ...