In sports journalism, the best way to start a debate is to post a list of the greatest all-time players or teams. Lebron, Michael… or Bill Russell? Babe Ruth or… Read more

Clear acrylic, PMMA and other Plastic panels put in place to separate desks, workstations, lunch rooms and retail counters have certainly been in high demand since the start of the… Read more

Plastics News was honored June 8 by the Detroit Society of Professional Journalists’ annual Excellence in Journalism awards.The editorial team including Steve Toloken, Hollee Keller, Frank Esposito and Catherine Kavanaugh… Read more

In today’s supply crisis: Starbucks is out of … a lot of things.The news website Insider says it has seen an internal company document putting as of June 4 because… Read more

MTD Micro Molding, a medical molder and mold maker specializing in extremely small parts, has officially opened its expansion, and it picked a perfect person to honor.At a May 27… Read more

Maybe you’re already back to the office. Maybe you never switched to working at home. Or you’re on the manufacturing floor every day. But if you’re among those people figuring… Read more

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. recently made a $10,000 donation to the Baytown Wetlands Center in Baytown, Texas, for kayaks that will be part of the local circular economy.The donation will… Read more

It’s time to go back to the future. Or at least to tap into old ideas to improve existing shipping technology.Michelin has debuted a concept it calls Wisamo, which is… Read more

On May 15, I got an up-close look at America’s plastics litter problem.I took part in a cleanup project on that date in my town of Wickliffe, Ohio. The event… Read more

Kathy Bolhous, the CEO of Charter NEX Films Inc., is known in the plastics industry for her leadership of a company that has grown into one of the 20 largest… Read more

The beautiful beaches of Sri Lanka are a little more white and a lot less beautiful after a cargo ship carrying 76 metric tons of Plastic pellets caught fire, spilling… Read more

I was reading the comments on an article about electric vehicles — yeah, I know: Never read the comments! — when I saw one from a person whinging that the… Read more

You and I both know that there are some people in the plastics industry who think debates about sustainability are just about appeasing a small fringe group. We especially hear… Read more

A senior prank at a high school in Texas that began with placing Plastic forks in a football field went very wrong for 40 students — half the graduating class… Read more

Some of you may refer to work as being on a treadmill. Does that apply if you’re actually building treadmills?Peloton, the fitness company with “smart” exercise bikes and treadmills, says… Read more

Rising resin costs may finally be making an impact on the business case for recycled materials.The Bureau of International Recycling says the market for recycled material has improved, thanks to… Read more

Brace yourselves. May 25 has been set as so you may be seeing a lot of stories and social media posts about avoiding single-use plastics for the next several hours.The… Read more

Sometimes you need a reason to treat yourself to some chocolate. Like a reward for finishing a project, because you’re reuniting with friends or because it’s Friday. Or because the… Read more

During the pandemic, many of us have come up with lists of things we’d do when things go back to normal.For some people, items on this list were as simple… Read more