Lightweight, shatterproof, transparent, recloseable, resealable and infinitely recyclable, PET is rapidly becoming the world’s preferred packaging material.

A provincial government in Belgium has granted the company a permit to chop down a 119-acre forest to make room for the plant, which will convert ethane shipped from shale fields in Pennsylvania into ethylene.

The collaboration seeks to develop a scalable binder-jetting system capable of additively manufacturing large, finished plastic parts.

A little over a month ago, I decided to monitor my use of polyethylene film. Part of me wanted to be environmentally conscious, to lower my carbon footprint, to be sustainable. But the real reason is that I was curious. How much polyethylene film do I go through, each and every month?