According to Towards Chemical and Materials, the global polyethylene market volume was valued at 122.08 million tons in 2026 ...

Scientists turn waste polyethylene into stronger, multifunctional materials using innovative two-step modular assembly ...

This study presents a flexible strategy to convert polyethylene waste into advanced materials, featuring tunable properties ...

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 ...

Experts have developed a way of using polyethylene waste (PE) as a feedstock and converted it into valuable chemicals, via light-driven photocatalysis. PE is the most widely used plastic in the world ...

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 ...

A team of researchers from the University of South Carolina is turning to waste cooking oil in search of an alternative to ...

Bio-PE is derived from biological sources like sugarcane instead of petroleum. The manufacturing process begins with extracting ethanol from sugarcane, which is then dehydrated to produce ethylene, ...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and University of California, Santa Barbara researchers teamed with Dow to develop a breakthrough process to transform the most widely produced plastic — ...

When it comes to boat construction, all sorts of materials can take part in the assembly. Bigger vessels need heavy-duty structures to last, but even materials like polyethylene can make an excellent ...