The technique uses visible light to control polymers and “tune” their mechanical properties. It also enables so-called 4D printing, by which the 3D-printed object can change shape or its chemical and physical properties and adapt to its...

You can make plastic from just about anything: Corn, algae, switchgrass, soil bacteria, even fish guts, apparently. But why would you?

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

Consumer confusion over what is and is not recyclable is one of the top reasons why trash still ends up in recycling bins, and valuable recyclables end up in the trash, according to Keefe Harrison, CEO of The Recycling Partnership (Falls Church, VA).

Today is America Recycles Day, which begs the question: Why aren’t we recycling more?

The company, headquartered in Portland, OR, will open offices in the Boston area and northern Europe.

The problem is that the report also condemns advances in recycling, waste-to-energy and plastics-to-fuel technology as solutions.

Is moving a type of recycling, wonders plastics engineer Eric Larson in part three of his saga.

Constantia Flexibles (Vienna, Austria) opens what it claims is the world’s first production plant dedicated to sustainable packaging, in Ahmedabad, India.

Boston-based Lux Research identifies the top 20 game-changing technologies—what plastics-related tech made the list at #3? Hint: It’s not 3D printing.